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
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Every year we speak about the shared services. The outturn last year was €20 million. For shared services, the note states the net Estimate last year was approximately €30 million and the net Estimate this year is €39 million. However, the outturn last year was €20 million. The outturn did not get anywhere near the Estimate last year.
Having spent €20 million last year, the Department is now seeking to double the amount this year. Why does the Minister believe there will be double the activity? The briefing note compares the 2014 and 2015 Estimates, but earlier in the document we were told that the 2014 outturn was only €20 million. Let us not compare this and last year's Estimates, as last year's was nowhere near achieved. Why must we double the money? We could go into the issue in detail, but will the Minister outline a general picture?
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