Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Calleary for his very helpful and constructive contribution. As he has outlined, and as I said, while this is a technical Bill the total expenditure and funding to be made is €44.2 billion, an extraordinary amount of money. I hope the relative lack of debate in the Chamber this evening reflects a consensus on expenditure. If, however, such a consensus has been reached I expect it to change rapidly in the new year.

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