Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2022-03-31
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Eamon Ryan (GP), Dublin Bay South

As I said in response to the earlier question from Deputy Bacik, the key issue here will be around budget time. Legislation may be required if we are to strengthen the sort of State agency I was talking about. That may need legislative support but, critically, that is part of the budget process. We should be clear; the budget process effectively starts now. It is a six-month to eight-month run-in. The way the European budgetary process, and the Dáil process, works is that the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and other relevant committees are part of those deliberations. These decisions are not just made on a day in October. A lot of consideration is given in advance to both the legislation and the budgetary aspects.

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