It is proposed to take business in the following order: Nos. 1, 11 and 10, and in 10, Votes 27 to 32, inclusive, and then Vote 26.
Order of Business.
Can the Taoiseach say whether it is proposed to have the Budget before or after Easter?
Most likely after Easter.
When can we expect the Book of Estimates? Last year it was not produced until April. This is absured. The normal practice was to produce the Estimates at the end of February.
There has been a slight change since the Deputy was here last.
It is a change towards inefficiency.
I do not know. It makes for more comprehensive understanding of the finances of the State——
The number of Supplementary Estimates we have been having is sufficient comment on that.