Mid-term capital review transparency
Deputy Curran sought publication of departmental submissions to the mid-term capital review and a full Dáil debate. The Taoiseach said the review was under way, saw no reason for secrecy, and would raise publication with the Minister.
Most Ministers and their Departments have at this stage made submissions with regard to the mid-term capital review. In that context, I requested from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport details of his submission. I was concerned because the submission was made in the absence of a public transport policy review, which has not taken place. I ask the Taoiseach to ensure that those submissions made in respect of the mid-term capital review are published and that we have a full debate in the House on the review.
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The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is in Brussels today. I am sure he will have no objection to a discussion on the mid-term capital review, in respect of which work is under way.
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Will he publish the submissions from the Departments?
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I think these are publicly available in any event but I do not expect the Minister will have any objection to that.
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That was the purpose of the question. I had asked this of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport directly but they are not currently available. Somebody on the other side of the House is going to have to take that step to make them available. However, it is no use making one submission available; it is the entirety of the programme that we wish to see.