Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund

10:00 am

Photo of John DeasyJohn Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is fair enough.

I want to ask Mr. Watt about recruitment. He said some things about the private sector. We deal with this in the committee a little. We dealt with the Department of Justice and Equality recently over not hiring a Secretary General. Three people in the interview process were not deemed appropriate to be offered the position. That is high-end in the public sector. Last week, we dealt with the Attorney General's office, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Chief State Solicitor's office. The case was made at the time that they were unable to hire enough young lawyers into Government. I do not imagine the public views hiring more lawyers in government as a crisis, to be honest. If it is a question of nurses, then the answer might be "Yes" and the public would have a different view.

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