Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 37 – Social Protection (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
That is always a challenge. Because it is demand led, there are some schemes that are way ahead of what we anticipated and some that are under. I made the point yesterday evening about carers that, as demographics are changing, that is a demand-led scheme that will get much bigger in terms of expenditure whereas other schemes will go lower.
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