Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Framework for Parliamentary Engagement Throughout the Budgetary Cycle: Discussion

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would expect that when we have a more rounded set of indicators regarding how our budgets perform, progress on them will take time and that progress will be year by year and step by step. If I was to look at how we could do better than that, I think we should pick a very particular area of Government expenditure that could have a larger effect on well-being and make some choices, for example, about spending more there or gaining more integrated Government decisions in that area. Over time, we will see change and if we were to look for some change more quickly, it could be to our benefit to pick a very specific area and make more bigger choices about that area.

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