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

We are here today to discuss all Government Estimates of expenditures for 2013, except those of the Deputy Howlin's Department which were brought through earlier for the specific reasons discussed here at that time.

Interestingly, the Minister's contribution makes no mention of any specific expenditure item in any of the Estimates, Votes 1 to 10, inclusive, and 20 to 40, inclusive, being discussed. There is some discussion about some of his own Department, but his is the only Department not up for discussion here today.

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