Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

With regard to the proposal on No. 8, this is the arrangement where each year a certain proportion of money that is not spent under capital budgets is allowed to roll over into the next year. The level of information we get on the capital budgets and their performance against criteria of performance is hopeless. The Dáil is in the dark as to whether projects are on time, ahead of time, behind time or on budget. If we are taking this vote on a nod, we should have proper reports on how each project is progressing, whether it is meeting its financial targets and its real performance targets. Otherwise, we are going through a charade here.

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