Seanad debates
Thursday, 6 December 2007
Order of Business
11:00 am
Dan Boyle (Green Party)
I welcome yesterday's statements on the budget and the fact that the House was able to have such a debate within one hour of the Minister for Finance sitting down in Dáil Éireann. It was a valuable exercise and an attempt was made to extend the debate today, although I am surprised by some of the arguments. The budget involves an additional €1.7 billion in current expenditure, €900 million of which went directly into increased social welfare benefits. The remaining €800 million went to the Departments of Health and Children and Education and Science and towards increasing social housing.
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