Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Finance Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:00 am
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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It is way short of what is needed. The case I am making is that this money could be better used in more direct investment. I am not making a case for abolition of these initiatives in their entirety and have nothing to replace them; I am saying we should use the resources better elsewhere, or at least review this.