When departmental cuts will be detailed
Fitzgerald asks when the House will receive details of the July budget cuts and accuses Bruton of withholding information. Bruton says Deputies can obtain the details by submitting parliamentary questions to the Ministers responsible.
In view of the reluctance of the Minister to give the type of detailed information requested by Deputy Nolan I should like to ask him when an opportunity will be afforded to the House to get that information? When will the House be given details of the cuts referred to in the July budget? I fear that the Minister is covering up. I suspect that the cuts are not effective or will not be effective.
Comment on this
The opportunity will come because I am sure the Deputies are industrious enough to put down parliamentary questions. Certainly, if I was in their position I would put down parliamentary questions about each of the Departments mentioned in the reply and get the information from the Ministers concerned. That is a simple enough procedure and I am sure the Deputies will be able to follow it.