Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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I will give two other examples. Under the subhead on accommodation for homelessness, A13, there is an allocation of €102 million. The original budget this year was for €215 million. That will be a total spend this year of €317 million on homelessness, yet the budget for next year does not reflect the €317 million figure; it is just €242 million. We will almost definitely have another Supplementary Estimate next year on accommodation for homelessness. For CAS there is €80 million, similar to the Supplementary Estimate from last year. Why is the Minister underbudgeting in these areas and then coming back with a Supplementary Estimate towards the end of the year? Why not get the budgeting process relatively correct at the start? It is a similar pattern each year.