Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

The former Minister's Government left us with €2 billion in cuts on the table. That was its legacy. We are doing our best to determine a fair Estimates process, have a comprehensive review of every line of expenditure and examine where waste can be eliminated and where we can amalgamate and change things. All of this will be laid out over a period of time between now and December. Uniquely, there will be a full opportunity for the committees of the House and the House itself, if necessary, to debate this. It will be a different type of Estimates process and will be laid out before the House next week.

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