Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

The OECD reported recently and made some valuable recommendations about the way in which the budgetary process is developed, starting with a statement of the medium-term prospects of the resources that would be available over the coming years, requiring the commitment to real targets by Ministers in their Estimates and forcing administrative efficiencies. With the Estimates process due to start, probably in the next six or eight weeks, will the Tánaiste be announcing a change in the whole approach to the Estimates formation and their scrutiny in this House that would be closely aligned to the thinking of the OECD?

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