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)
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
For instance, if a war starts somewhere it is always a good call to say: "Yep, prices have to go up. There is a war on." Everybody knew there was a war on before that. They did not have to learn about that at that stage but it has often happened that there is a subsequent increase. First, the war itself causes a scare, not to reduce prices but to increase prices. Then, out of necessity, there is another scare and another reason for the increase on the basis that the war was definitely on. I am a bit cynical in putting it in that way, but there is a bit of evidence to suggest that.
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