Department of Health struggled to spend €800m of its budget allowance, whistleblower claims

Department employee's latest disclosure focuses on meetings around Budget 2021, which saw an extra €4bn added to the health budget

The Department of Health said that Mr Donnelly is 'head of his department, and any suggestions that he was in any way removed from or not involved in issues relevant to his department are simply untrue'. Picture: PA

The Department of Health struggled to work out how to spend €800m just a week after being given the largest budget in its history, a whistleblower has claimed.

The whistleblower, a Department of Health employee, has prepared a seventh disclosure for release, focusing on meetings in and around Budget 2021, which saw an extra €4bn added to the health budget, the largest budget increase in the history of the State.