Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On that point, this is the month of November and we are about to consider the Revised Estimate for 2020. As we have already had the budget with its social welfare changes, can we ask that the Minister give the committee a briefing on what will be in the social welfare Bill which will come before us? To a certain extent, this is going to be an historical exercise. We need to consider the Revised Estimate in the context of 2021, even though it is a 2020 Estimate. The position is farcical. It is bad enough when the Revised Estimates come to us in June but to come in November is unprecedented. It would be useful if the Department did not confine its briefing to telling members what is in the 2020 Revised Estimate given that we have already had the budget. Presumably, much of the discussion will be on 2021 and the forthcoming social welfare Bill. We should specifically ask that the brief include this.