Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 October 2024

Select Committee on Justice and Equality

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Justice (Supplementary)

5:30 pm

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)

The Supplementary Estimate is for €54 million. There is an underspend of €56 million. Every item has gone up in the Irish Prison Service. I am just wondering about the budgetary procedure. It is only 12 months ago that the budget was set out and every item has obviously been wrong since the last Estimates. Every item has gone up, by €56 million, which is a significant amount of money. I wanted to say this also in relation to An Garda Síochána. It is up €66.8 million and then the Department is also up €47 million. How can the budget be so wrong over the year? Does it mean that if this is approved now that everything will be on track next year again?

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