Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Matters relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Discussion

Mr. Robert Watt:

We have discussions in two ways. First, in preparing the Estimates for next year, there will be discussions on their priorities, the demands and the cost of no policy change. Those discussions take place from mid-year until budget day. Throughout the year we have discussions where every month we receive the monthly profiles of actual spend and we assess that Departments are in line with their spending.