Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

This year, to comply with the European semester, the Government must submit a draft budget in October to the European Commission. This is a great opportunity for the votes to be taken as normal in December which would give the Oireachtas and the committees a fantastic opportunity of having several months, as is best practice in other countries, to interrogate the budget proposals. However, I have heard it suggested the votes on the social welfare Bill, which is promised legislation-----

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