Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-10-25
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

The answer is "Yes." The answer is that was the case for every agency, every Department, every Minister and every Minister of State in the entire Government. That has always been the case. That is how budgets are done. People make a bid for a large amount of money, and they only get a fraction of what they ask for.

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Sitting date: 2023-10-25