Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Saying that the buck stops with the Minister is just a great piece of rhetoric. I know where the buck stops with me in political accountability for the decisions I make. I stand by that and I will always do so. We will deliver this hospital. Where the buck stops in terns of placing contracts, legally, under statutory instrument, is with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board. That is the fact. It makes decisions on the awarding contracts.

Should I start doing that, the Deputy would be asking me a hell of a lot more serious questions.

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