John Bruton
Ceist:99 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance his views on strengthening the resources of Oireachtas committees to undertake serious public expenditure evaluation. [25588/02]
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99 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance his views on strengthening the resources of Oireachtas committees to undertake serious public expenditure evaluation. [25588/02]
I have made it clear that I, as a member of the Government, have no wish to impose my views as to how this House exercises its duty of scrutinising the expenditure activities of the Executive – a duty I consider to be highly important.
I also regard the disposition of staff and other resources between different activities of these Houses to be a matter for Members and the management of the offices of the Houses of the Oireachtas. To ensure that this is so, I initiated the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill which is awaiting its Committee Stage.