Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Members do not know how much of that money already has been spent, how much of that €1.5 billion has yet to be spent between now and Christmas or precisely how it will be spent. In the interests of transparency and accountability, all these facts should be in the public domain and should have been put up front and centre in the budget today.

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