Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources

Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised)

11:30 am

Photo of Tom HayesTom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are in public session. The first item is consideration of the Revised Estimates 2015 - Vote 29 - for the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

I welcome the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, and his officials. This is the first occasion the Minister has come before this committee. I wish him well in his work.

The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the Revised Estimates and the supplementary performance information regarding the outputs and impacts of programme expenditure. A draft timetable for the meeting has been circulated to members. Is the timetable agreed? Agreed.

Briefing material providing details of the Revised Estimates was circulated to members. Each programme will be considered under the following headings: the context and impact indicators; key outputs; financial and human resource inputs; 2015 allocation; and targets preliminary exchange. Administration will be considered under these headings when each of the programme areas has been disposed of. I propose that questions on the programme will be taken together to which the Minister will respond in conclusion.

Does the Minister wish to make an opening statement?

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