Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the programme for Government with regard to the data-sharing and governance Bill, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's mission statement is to serve the country's people and the Government by delivering well managed and well targeted public spending through modernised, effective and accountable public services. In light of this, will the Taoiseach clarify why, when I asked the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to provide me with details of all moneys provided by the State since 2006 towards the development, design and delivery of a national paediatric hospital, he declined the question and I could not go through the Ceann Comhairle? Is this the new politics to which the programme for Government aspires, that we cannot get an answer from the line Minister in the House on a very important issue? We speak about sick children and the need for transparency and the need to stop this runaway train, which has gone from €404 million to almost €1 billion without fit-out or IT.

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