Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 24:

In page 5, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:“(11) Any Government stimulus package or infrastructure programme that involves current or capital expenditure shall be set out by way of regulations by the Minister.”.”.

We had a brief discussion on this topic on Committee Stage. This amendment states that "Any Government stimulus package or infrastructure programme that involves current or capital expenditure shall be set out by way of regulations by the Minister". The Minister will probably say that it is not helpful and will tie his hands. We regularly have announcements of capital expenditure and that we might have a reduction in capital expenditure, yet the following month we see a press release on a stimulus package of €150 million. People think it is new money, while it is part of the capital expenditure. I know the Minister would say the last €150 million was new, but-----

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