Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
2:00 pm
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source
Provisional costs are allowed until we see what is determined. We are seeking costs but that will be a matter for the courts to determine.
The GRA initiated the case, as it was entitled to do. We introduced primary legislation to change the sick leave arrangements and we debated it at some length. I gave a period of time because further matters had to be determined by the Labour Court. This was at the end of 2013. We introduced regulations by statutory instrument, and they were entirely upheld by the decision of the High Court.
The Deputy also asked about the detail of the reform.
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