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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: In that case, I intend to progress to the Deputies who indicated, the first of whom was Deputy Jonathan O'Brien.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy is entering his final minute. We are straying into the area of the Joint Committee on Health, rather than the budget side.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Absolutely.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you, Deputy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: I am going to move on to Deputy Breathnach.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy has had her five minutes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Just to explain to the Deputy, there is no problem but we do a round of questions and then she can come back.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy can come back in. There is no problem.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: This is the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. We have invited in the witnesses on the basis that they are discussing the budget situation. We must be reasonable to the witnesses. There was no indication that there would be questions about the square footage of the hospital. We must be fair.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: As Chairman, I am going to make the point again to Deputy Doherty that when we invite witnesses in to talk to us about a topic, if we have not given any advance notice of the questions, we can keep asking questions but they will not have the information. We are not the Joint Committee on Health. The witnesses are in before us to discuss budget management and control of health expenditure in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you. Deputy Doherty's first round is over. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Thank you, Mr. Mulvany. Again, to be consistent, this is a discussion on the implications for budget 2020 of the public expenditure overrun. If Deputy Boyd Barrett wishes to pursue this through the health committee, that is grand, but he has gone down a route which is outside of our committee area.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: We have a commitment on areas the Deputy has asked on before but we are now outside those areas. Has the Deputy another question he wants to ask?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: It must relate to the implications for budget 2020 of public expenditure overruns in health.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: We have gone over this quite extensively already.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: The Deputy has half a minute.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: I think we could all agree on that .

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Management and Control of Health Expenditure in the context of Budget 2020: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: I thank Mr. Desmond and Mr. Mulvany for coming in and engaging with the committee. We appreciate the engagement because sometimes people do not turn up when we invite them.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Colm Brophy: Deputy Ó Laoghaire's knowledge of lines is much better than mine. I do not have a clue. He lost me about half way through his contribution.