Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Public Accounts Committee

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances

2:40 pm

Mr. Robert Watt:

To give the context for this, this system was built up by previous Ministers for Finance in conjunction with previous Members of the House. A former Minister, Charlie McCreevy, in particular, reformed the system and built it up into what it is now. I understand at that time there were very significant discussions with Members of the House about this. The Minister has committed to looking at these. He has said explicitly that he would welcome the views of the committee. He will welcome the views of the committee in respect of where he should go in this area.

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