Seanad debates

Wednesday, 5 November 2003

National Development Plan Mid-Term Evaluation: Statements.

 

The health service is such a black hole. Until the capacity to deal with these issues is developed, and that requires implementation of some of the reports that have been put before us, I am glad the Government has introduced a means of following up on great projects. I stand before the House as a person who had to defend at the Committee of Public Accounts a hospital project which started out at a cost of €7 million and finished at €74 million. I know a little about these issues. It would be helpful if those cases referred to in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report were used as case studies. In all cases these were cumulative decisions and I am satisfied that everybody made a decision for what appeared to be a good reason at the time.

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