Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to speak about the timeframe for the oversight budgetary committee. The sectoral committees still need to be set up. I would like to get confirmation on the timeframe for that happening and liaising with the oversight budget committee with a view to being ready for this year's budget. What can the committee do between now and October? It looks like it would not be ready until the 2017 budget by the time the independent budgetary office is set up. I seek clarification on the timeframe. It is important to have those deadlines and targets set.

It is important there is clarity around what the committee will be able to do by September or October and at what stage the independent budgetary office will be set up.