Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

I do not object to these being taken without debate. However, I must point out to the Taoiseach that the manner of presentation of data on capital projects that have been deferred and for which money was carried over is grossly inadequate. The House is being asked to make a decision to approve these without any information about the projects involved, the reasons for the deferrals, or the impact on their implementation dates. This is unacceptable and is not in accord with proper management of public finances. In future a proper report should be furnished along with this vote so that we can have a realistic assessment of what is happening under these capital programmes. The Minister for Finance has indicated that he will be willing to change the procedure, but I wanted to draw this to the Taoiseach's attention.

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