Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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That is brilliant. The Department of Finance presents the final cost of individual tax expenditures with the budget when it is all done and dusted and the final amount is known. However, the authorities in countries tend to publish advance estimates of what might be expended in a particular budget year. For example, when budget 2019 was announced, could the Department have published figures on what it expected the tax expenditures to be for this year at the same time? Is that information available? It seems to be available in other countries. What would be the limitations on the Department regarding the provision of that information? If it is possible to do it, why has it not been done to date?