Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach said he took a step back from the strategic communications unit once there was any controversy. It is my understanding - my deep understanding as a former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform - that in budgeting, it is a Minister who determines the amount of money to be sought for any agency or unit. Who then proposed that the strategic communications unit should get €5 million and who determined that it should have 15 staff?

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