Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-01
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

What happens sometimes is that there can be an overestimation of what Departments might think would be the expenditure of a given programme. For example, we would argue that the expenditure for rent relief may have been overestimated. On another level, there is a lower take-up, although there might be other reasons for this situation. I take the Deputy's point that we must examine it. The problem here is that we need informed decision-making. If we are told on one level that if we bring in a tax relief it is going to cost X and the reality turns out to be much different, then there is an issue.

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Sitting date: 2024-02-01