Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)

The situation is very clear. The Supplementary Estimate for Vote 6 is purely technical in nature. The CSSO does not require additional funding in 2025; it just needs the permission of the House to move funding within its Vote.

The Supplementary Estimate for Vote 2 is substantive but unavoidable. It arises solely due to the payment of additional third party costs related to the Moriarty tribunal of inquiry and the National Asset Management Agency commission of investigation. I must stress again - it does not matter how many times I say it - that the Moriarty tribunal of inquiry and the NAMA commission of investigation are fully independent of the Department of the Taoiseach, and the Department has no role in determining the amount or timing of any third party costs.

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