Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
2:00 am
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
I know what the Minister is saying. However, the Dáil will be voting on Report Stage of the Finance Bill at midnight and the Minister for public expenditure cannot even say he will be shocked if there is an overrun of €1 billion next year. That is the lack of credibility when it comes to what the Government brings forward in terms of budgets.
Every single year, including this year, we have massive overruns.
I need to move on to the Minister of State, who has responsibility for the OPW. I will do so briefly because I know others want to come in.
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