Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Committee Stage

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It will be drawn down into the central fund and then the Minister can direct it wherever he or she wants to from there without a vote of the Oireachtas. The Minister of State referred to cases in which the Dáil may not be able to sit. What is an example of that? We have spoken about weather events.

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