Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

No.1 is consideration of the Revised Estimate for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform - 2014 Vote group. On 18 December 2013 the Dáil ordered the following Revised Estimate for public services to be referred to this committee for consideration: Vote 13 - Office of Public Works. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brian Hayes, and his officials. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the Revised Estimate and the supplementary performance information on the outputs and impacts on programme expenditure. A draft timetable for the meeting has been circulated. Is it agreed to? Agreed. I invite the Minister of State to make his opening statement.