Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

Ministers have been working with their Departments in recent weeks to complete reviews of all expenditure under their auspices, including in bodies under their aegis. These reports are now being submitted to the steering committee for evaluation and finalised reports will be presented to the economic management council in September. The results of the comprehensive review process will then be brought before Government for consideration and decision in the budget and Estimates process later this year. The question of publication of the reviews will be considered in that context.

See this speech in context