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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: It was an illegal charge.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: What is Mr. Watt's point? I said that somebody's mistake cost the Exchequer €486 billion. Is that a fact?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: That is a binary question requiring a "Yes" or "No" answer. Somebody's mistake has cost us €486 million and that person, whoever it may be, was not a member of the public. Is that not correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Would Mr. Watt disagree with what I am saying?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Is Mr. Watt disagreeing with the fact?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I cannot understand how somebody at Mr. Watt's level cannot answer that question with a "Yes" or a "No". I am sure everybody else in the country will have the same view.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is clearly a Secretary General's position to be able to say "Yes" or a "No". Somebody within the public service made a mistake. There was mistaken legal advice. The advice changed. We ended up with a redress scheme that definitely left people out, but it has cost the Exchequer €486 million to date. Is that not the case?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Mr. Watt is going back to that, but-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: -----he cannot answer the question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: The fact that he cannot answer "Yes" or "No" to a simple question.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: But, sure-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: You might as well; we are not-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: -----getting anywhere without it.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I asked for "Yes" or "No" answer as to whether somebody in the public service made a mistake.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: The legal advice came from a member of the public service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: The Attorney General. Thus, the Attorney General back then was wrong, but the current Attorney General, in terms of his report, is right.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: That is all I asked.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: Hold on a second. That took up two minutes of my time, and I did not get an answer. I will be coming back in.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: It is highly irregular that the Chair be approached by a witness. If a witness wishes to say something, it must be said to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 12 - Financial Impact of Cyber Security Attack (9 Feb 2023)

Verona Murphy: I am not sure who this question is for. Recently, a case was settled with St. Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny in relation to a patient who died while waiting for a gall bladder operation. Is Mr. Watt aware of this case?