Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are in the same space. While some work in this areas remains to be done, quite a lot has been done already. It is a task jointly shared by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and my Department. Under the Oireachtas (Ministers and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has put the multi-annual ceilings on a statutory footing. The legislation which carries what the Senator is proposing was put in place before the summer recess in July.