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Appropriation Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order.

Appropriation Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Amendment No. 1 not moved.

Appropriation Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Question proposed: "That section 1 stand part of the Bill."

Appropriation Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Nov 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister said, while wrapping up on Second Stage, that Supplementary Estimates are brought to and debated at all the relevant committees. As I have said repeatedly, there is one Estimate that is not, even though it nowadays falls under the group of Estimates. It is a small figure that can be buried wherever it needs to be buried. The relevant amount is €2 million. There is no...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank all Deputies for the contributions they have made. I will respond now to a number of the matters that were raised in this debate, including the issue of accountability in relation to the huge amounts of money that I am asking the Dáil to vote on this afternoon. I thank Deputies for recognising the importance of the passing of this legislation but I would emphasise that in order...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is not necessarily the case that the budget will go up the next year-----

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: But the money is not lost. The point that was being made or suggested was that because this is a carryover, the money is being handed back but that is wrong. In fact, because it is a carryover, it is being retained within the Department but spent in a different year. The absence of a carryover would mean the money is not being spent in the Department but the presence of a carryover means...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The cost overruns and lack of value for money evident in the context of the Appropriation Bill are a major issue. One of the most glaring issues that arose in 2024 is the persistent problem of cost overruns. Projects across multiple Departments routinely exceed their initial budgets, often by substantial margins. For instance, the Department of Defence has seen numerous projects balloon in...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Martin Browne: When I hear of a carryover of expenditure of almost €130 million related to transport, I have to ask why are the people of County Tipperary who live along the route of the N24 faced with continuing funding uncertainty regarding the N24 project? Both parts of this project have in recent years been subject to uncertainty. Tipperary County Council has been forced to write to the...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: In some ways, this is a formality we go through at the end of each year. As I understand it, it is the final authorisation of the expenditure of money throughout the year and of money that will be carried over that has not been spent. It is an opportunity to dwell a little bit on the issue of the expenditure of the enormous amount of public money totalling €86 billion. It is the...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Róisín Shortall: I will take a minute at the start because the likelihood is that this is the last time I will speak in this Chamber after a very long period. I express my sincere thanks to the voters of Dublin North-West who placed their trust in me and voted for me over a period of 32 years. I will say that I am exceptionally grateful to them for doing that, and I have been honoured to represent the...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Every year, I try to speak on the Appropriation Bill, which is usually taken in the run-up to Christmas week. With the election pending, this Bill has obviously been brought forward. Every year, the Minister's statement makes the same omission. He said the appropriation is based on the Estimates voted on during the year. There is one Estimate which I do not recall ever being voted on in...

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As was said, the purpose of the Appropriation Bill is to give statutory authority to the amounts voted on by the Dáil during the year from the original Estimates, Further Revised Estimates and Supplementary Estimates. If the Bill was not enacted, the Departments could not spend. The Bill also allows for capital carryover as per the Finance Act 2004. Each Department can carry over 10%...

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2024: Motion (6 Nov 2024)

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2024: Motion (6 Nov 2024)

Emer Higgins: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2024, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 23rd October, 2024.

Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann of the Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2024: Motion (6 Nov 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Appropriation Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Appropriation Bill 2024 to the House. It is critical annual financial legislation. It has to be enacted before the end of the year to give effect to the authorisation of voted expenditure throughout 2024 and to allow for the continuation of expenditure into 2025. It has two main functions. The first is to...

Estimates for Public Services 2024 (6 Nov 2024)

Estimates for Public Services 2024 (6 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I move the following Supplementary Estimates: Vote 4 — Central Statistics Office (Supplementary Estimate)That a supplementary sum not exceeding €400,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2024, for the salaries and expenses of the Central Statistics Office. Vote 5 — Office of the...