Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 40 - Children and Youth Affairs (Supplementary)

5:30 pm

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and his officials. I fully appreciate that we are talking in particular about the Supplementary Estimate regarding the establishment of the commission of investigation into the institutions that were commonly known as mother and baby homes. However, if the Chairman will allow me - I think he did say that, while we may not call for an increase in anything, we may make reference to the actual Estimates for the Department - I would like to use this opportunity to ask about Estimates. We saw the new Child and Family Agency go over budget this year, so we are going into next year with a deficit-----

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