Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 9 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion with Civic Society Representatives

11:45 am

Photo of Aideen HaydenAideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Bob Jordan from Threshold, Mr. Mike Allen from Focus Ireland and Mr. Ned Brennan from Respond. As the witnesses will be aware, we have received their submissions in advance and they have been advised the committee will ask them to make a very short presentation, to be followed by some questions from committee members, and then they will be given an opportunity to sum up briefly at the end. As this process has evolved, it has been a learning process for the committee, and as the proceedings are being televised, we must also be conscious of the fact that some of those watching this broadcast will not have had the benefit of reading the witnesses' pre-budget submissions.

Starting with Mr. Brennan, I invite him to make a brief presentation which should not so much be a summary of his submission. Bearing in mind that this is a budgetary process, he should focus on what are his specific asks of the forthcoming budget while being conscious that some of those watching the broadcast of his presentation will not be aware of his wider budget submission.

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