Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Was it? No doubt the Minister had an obligation to the commitment in terms of the climate change element of whatever the Department oversees, but when one sees a man dying in the doorway, as somebody did on Friday last, one wants to ensure that whatever is available in that homeless fund is spent. I merely draw attention to the matter because that happened last year and I would not like to think that we went the full year without spending in that area.

I received from the Minister a reply to a parliamentary question on 27 November on the budget and Supplementary Estimates which stated that there was €895 million in respect of the budget, current spending was running close to profile but the capital spending on housing, water and rural development areas was behind profile. Is that likely to come in front of us or alter before the end of the year, or is this the last Supplementary Estimate we will see?

On climate change, I am aware that-----