Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Favourable consideration has been given to a form of multi-annual budgeting. In fact, one of the reform initiatives with regard to An Garda Síochána on which my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have engaged relates to multi-annual budgets. The best means by which to adequately plan is to ensure that budgets are secured. The Garda Commissioner and I are keen to make further progress on that, particularly with regard to an issue that accounts for as much of the Garda budget as overtime.