Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the national children's hospital, we might have had an apology on the part of the Government but we have not definitively had accountability on its part for the debacle that was, and is, the children's hospital. The PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, report concluded that the definitive business case did not adhere to the public spending code. What can the Minister and his Department do, if anything, when the public spending code is breached, first before the finalisation of a definitive business case and, second, after the business case has been finalised? What level of accountability exists between him, his Department and other Departments in similar cases?

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