Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I was about to do so. The reason we have had difficulties to date is twofold. First, we have had changes regarding the allocations and set-up of Departments, which, in turn, has had an impact on the Estimates. Second, we had some changes that took place in the spending of individual Departments, as confirmed by the Cabinet last week. I take Deputy Burton's point that the Estimates should be made available to the Members as soon as possible. For the remaining Votes that are in front of the Oireachtas - I note there have been two this week - I will follow up with the individual Departments to see how we can ensure that those Estimates are shared with the Members sooner, because they should have the figures.