Departmental Expenditure
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-16
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Mairéad Farrell (SF), Galway West

As the Aire would be aware, there was an overspend in the Department of education. I wonder if he can give us an update on that. As he will know, the Department of education has projected a €600 million overspend that will be paid for by cuts to the Department of education and other departmental budgets. To be honest, it is further evidence that the Government cannot be trusted with public finances. I ask the Minister to give us an update.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-16