Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

My second question is whether information will be published on the Estimates. It has been the tradition of this House that information is published in the middle of November so that the Opposition can understand the Government's intentions. This morning we received information that €396 million of the capital Estimate for the Department of Education and Science, or almost half of the amount provided in the emergency budget, remains unspent with three months left in the financial year. This is a serious question. If we are to conduct our business properly, we need to know the Estimates.

I wish to raise another matter which is not related to the budget.

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