Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - the Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 -the Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To what extent has it been possible to identify the root causes in each case? Inflation has been a cause. To dig down deeper about inflation, it is now accepted by everybody that inflation is rampant even though all the indicators are that inflation is coming down. To what extent is the existence of inflation in itself a cause for further inflation?

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