Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

If I may comment, insofar as the Oireachtas has a heavy responsibility in this particular area, I was really interested in this question because I took a key and active interest in the establishment of both the Parliamentary Budget Office and the Committee on Budgetary Oversight during the previous Dáil. The question states that parliamentary oversight in the budget cycle may be suboptimal. That suggests to me that we need to be looking into our own hearts, not challenging the Minister. I am no apologist for any Minister. As the Minister, Deputy McGrath, stated, we may need, within the Houses of the Oireachtas, to look at the resources that are available for the committee and its work.

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