Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I wish the Minister every success in his challenging job. I do not know whether it is good news or bad to note that I will not be shadowing him myself into the future. However, I wish him and his Ministers of State well. I have two simple questions for the Minister. While I appreciate the 2021 perspective in his reply, I did not ask about it. I asked two things. The first was about the costings. The Department has prepared them and there will be FOI requests in that regard. However, it is important in the new politics that we get answers in the House rather than wait for responses to FOI requests. What is the cost of the commitments entered into by the Government with Fianna Fáil and the Independents?

What are the implications for this year's Revised Estimates of expenditure? What additionality is there in the 2016 Book of Estimates? Today, I read that the Government had made a number of commitments about Garda overtime and so on. Will there be adjustments in the Revised Estimates Volume, REV, for 2016 and when will we be notified of their specifics?

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