Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I may be completely wrong but I do not think it could be totally unforeseen that there was going to be an increase. Everybody in jail this year would have been going through the court system last year. Obviously, some would have come but the Minister should be able to plan for that. Why did it come as such a surprise? It should have been budgeted for last year rather than having a Supplementary Estimate. I do not believe it is good practice to have Supplementary Estimates. Is the Minister saying that we should not see any Supplementary Estimate next year because of this?