Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance
Estimates for Public Services 2014
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)
3:40 pm
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
They are driving the project. In a public service which is by its nature generalist, expertise is always required. Expertise is brought in by getting consultants in and it is cost effective when it is operated properly. I would argue strongly that there is no waste of money in this respect in the Department of Finance. If we were to follow Deputy Boyd Barrett's advice, it would be like the example I gave jocosely. It would be like somebody with a staff running a hotel, for example, who would have painters, electricians and plumbers on permanent staff in-house rather than hiring them in. It is the same issue.
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