Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Niall Cassidy:

That is exactly the case. I fully take the Deputy's point. It is an iterative process and it is something we are anxious to constantly improve.

Ms Callaghan alluded to the point that we are pushing up against the limits of what can be achieved on the day itself with all those tables and data. It is getting more and more difficult to get all that documentation together, populate all the spreadsheets, check them against the narrative, get the document to the printers and then to the Houses in time for the budget debate. We are probably coming to a place now where if we want to include additional material, we probably need to look at withdrawing other tables or bits and pieces. The broader point on transparency is well made and fully understood. We will take that back.

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