Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised)
5:10 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Thank you. I am not petty-minded about travel and subsistence but I have to ask why there is an increase of 18% pencilled into the Estimate for 2013. I assume it is related to the EU Presidency. Will the Minister confirm if that is the case? He indicated in respect of salaries, wages and allowances, which account for a significant part of the outturn for last year coming in well below the Estimate, that there were savings from the Croke Park deal and that 40 administrative officers were recruited. Will the Minister please explain what is going on behind those numbers? Have senior people who were receiving higher salaries retired and are others coming in on lower salaries? Is that why there is a reduction in the Estimate for remuneration in 2013?