Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The spending review will be complete in the second half of this year. Can the Minister confirm that it will not have any impact on budget 2018? He has identified a third of the expenditure in the various Departments. How were those budget votes identified? If they are excluded will they not be limited or subject to scrutiny? Does that mean that certain areas of expenditure will get away with not being scrutinised? How were the various Votes selected?

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