Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management
9:30 am
Mr. Kevin Meaney:
The health budget is a matter for the Department of Health to decide on in the first instance. In the natural flow of projects and as they finalise, the costs in any annual budget become lower and what is essentially extra capital becomes available for other projects. Much of the national paediatric hospital is substantially complete and-----