Dáil debates
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions
Departmental Expenditure
11:10 am
Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
We are talking about 0.15% of the budget. We are not talking about €150 million. The total amount of money over three years is €5.5 million. It is being transferred for administrative reasons where it was not possible to complete all of the expenditure on one subhead of a project and, therefore, was moved to another subhead. I have seen the Deputy use this technique with other Departments. He has found a trick. He says, "Oh, you moved money from these guys and gave it to these guys" and he sees some malice there. I can see right through that. That is just rank populism. Everybody can see that.
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