Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

We look forward to Mr. Griffin's reply. I have to say I still feel that this should have been on the Department's radar, given it has responded to news articles and there is a source from the Department.

I will ask Mr. Griffin about the deferred surrender. Obviously if the Department spends something, it does not get value for money, but not spending money that has been allocated to something that absolutely requires to be done is just as big an issue with regard to value for money. It looks as though the Department failed to utilised €266 million or 40% of its voted expenditure in 2021. Does Mr. Griffin regard that as value for money, when reaching the far end of the year? When did he notice this money would not be spent? How is it tracked? Will he elaborate further on the areas where it was underspent and why?