Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will give detailed consideration to a document produced by a national organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40059/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the budgetary process involves a range of inputs and engagements before culminating in the expenditure allocations for 2026 which will be set out on Budget day this coming Autumn.

These include the National Economic Dialogue which took place earlier in the summer as well as the publication of the annual Summer Economic Statement, in which my Department, along with the Department of Finance, presents the high level budgetary and fiscal parameters. This provides an outline of the resources that will be available in the context of the upcoming Budget.

A process of analysis and engagements with Departments and Votes applies those parameters to sectoral expenditure allocations for the upcoming year with the publication of the Budget documents each Autumn (such as the detailed Expenditure Report) and the more detailed presentation outlined in the Revised Estimates towards the end of the year.

The pre-budget submission from the Irish Cancer Society arrived in my Department on 1 July 2025. The specific matters dealt with in the submission include policy issues, which are for consideration by my colleague the Minister for Health in the first instance. However, pre-budget submissions are examined by my officials and relevant issues assessed as necessary as part of the ongoing budgetary process which has yet to conclude.