Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised)
Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source
Those figures are two days old. The Taoiseach may have more accurate ones. As of two days ago, we were behind rather than ahead. Not massively, but it is best to be clear on the position. Perhaps the Taoiseach can clarify further.
In any case, I will turn to the key point that I want to raise. The Irish Examinerreported yesterday that there was to be a special Cabinet meeting at which the issue of unwinding Covid supports would be the sole item on the agenda, with reductions in the pandemic unemployment payment over the summer at the top of the list. Was that report incorrect? If it was correct and there is a plan for such a meeting, can the Taoiseach give us its date?
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