Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps it is because we have had a busy week but I did not really get that. The Minister said he does not have any direct responsibility for overtime but he justified last year's Supplementary Estimate on the basis that it was because of overtime, because the numbers were down. My question, which I do not believe was answered, related to whether we could be confident that next year's Estimate will not address massive amounts of money, tens of millions of euro, for overtime payments. I posed the question in the context of this year's budget allocating an extra €60 million for Garda pay but only €6 million extra for Defence Forces pay. If we have already allocated that in next year's budget, will we be given another Supplementary Estimate, again on overtime? I do not believe that this or the issues about PULSE were answered. Has the ICT money gone into PULSE? I am not sure if I misheard that. There is the question of correcting some of the issues, particularly those highlighted by Dr. Geoffrey Shannon.