Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 July 2018
30. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements his Department will have with the public sector committee of an organisation (details supplied) between now and budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29100/18]
View answerAt this point I have no fixed arrangement to meet the Public Services Committee of ICTU, however officials in my Department do regularly engage with the Public Services Committee on a range of issues.
More broadly the reformed budgetary process allows for engagement in advance of the Budget, particularly through the National Economic Dialogue. The fourth National Economic Dialogue took place on 27 and 28 June 2018. The objective of the dialogue is to facilitate an open and inclusive exchange on the competing economic and social priorities facing the Government. It also aims to assist groups with their pre-budget submissions. Representatives of community, voluntary and environmental groups as well as business, unions, research institutes, the academic community and the diaspora were in attendance. ICTU were active contributers to discussions.
