Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary)
2:30 pm
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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As I stated, I do not doubt the amount of work on the Minister's desk and the commitment he gave to address these issues, no matter how we might disagree politically on how the Minister went about it, which was his prerogative and I accept it. A concerted effort has been made by the Government to reduce these figures but one can argue whether the overall figure of €6.5 million represents progress. A total of 50% of this figure related to the Department. Will we see a vast reduction in the coming year in the percentage spend by the Department vis-à-vis other Departments?