Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 16 Mar 1983

Vol. 341 No. 2

Revised Estimates, 1983: Motion .

Minister for Finance (Mr. Dukes)

: I move:

That, notwithstanding Standing Order 122 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, Revised Estimates for Public Services for the year ending 31 December 1983 be presented to the Dáil and circulated to Members.

I understand it has been agreed between the Whips that this motion will be taken without debate. I have informed the Whips that a sufficient number of copies of the Revised Estimates document will not be available until after lunch but I have made arrangements for a number of copies to be made available to the Opposition parties immediately after the passage of the motion.

Mr. Gene Fitzgerald

: Perhaps the Minister would indicate what the introduction of the motion means with regard to the Estimates?

Mr. Dukes

: The publication gives the Revised Estimates for Public Services and takes account of all the changes which have been made in the Estimates compared to those agreed last October as a result of the action taken by this Government on the Estimates themselves and in the budget.

Mr. Gene Fitzgerald

: It is the book of bad news.

An Ceann Comhairle

: It is purely a procedural matter.

Question put and agreed to.