Children’s referendum expenditure
Mattie McGrath seeks a debate and explanations concerning approximately €1.1 million allocated for the children’s rights referendum, threatening to refer the matter to the Gardaí. The Minister says expenditure is normally addressed during Estimates debates or in the finance committee.
I would like to ask about the referendum on children's rights and the misappropriation of funding. Will there be a debate in this House on what happened to the money voted by the House for that referendum? Approximately, €1.1 million of it was-----
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I am going to be forced to report it to the Garda Síochána if I do not get some answers here. I have raised it here countless time.
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I have done so but did not get answers.
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Normally, items of expenditure are debated when the debate occurs on the Estimates. When the Estimates debate is scheduled for individual Departments, it is either discussed here or at the finance committee.