Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senators for their contributions. Obviously, we will be back again to debate the issue. Many changes occurred here because of the fiscal compact treaty and the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012. This legislation is an architecture of better public policy planning on expenditure into the future. There is broad political support for the Bill in this House and elsewhere and, I think, across the public but we need to shine a light on public expenditure. By doing that we cut out inefficiency and get much better value for the taxpayer.