Budget Statement 2026
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-07
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Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal

We have overruns over and over again. The fact the contingency fund of €1 billion is so large is an acknowledgement that the two Ministers have put up the white flag and said it is now a feature of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that overruns are out of control and we cannot curtail them, so let us put a wee pot of €1 billion there to deal with these overruns in the future.

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Sitting date: 2025-10-07