Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 June 2016

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny

Business of Select Committee

11:00 am

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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I am very happy to get the legal opinion, but there is a question for us as to whether we should have consideration of the issue within our terms of reference. My understanding is that it actually would require a change to the Constitution, but regardless of that, it is one of the single biggest impediments to the Oireachtas engaging with money Bills, rather than just scrutinising them.