Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

I welcome the presence of the Minister for Finance in light of the question I have for the Tánaiste. Yesterday, RTE revealed the strong and unequivocal advice from the Department of Finance to the Tánaiste that the HSE should not be given the role of accounting officer because it was incapable of acting in that role, was far too complex and untried, untested and inexperienced. Will the Tánaiste address that issue and has she found the €56 million which went missing and remains unaccounted for? Five different answers have been given with regard to where the money has gone. Can she tell us where the money went or will we have to allocate additional money under a Supplementary Estimate?

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