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
Mr. Robert Watt:
I was being slightly flippant but if the committee members want to be serious about it and have a conversation about it, it is important to realise we have a major problem in attracting people to senior levels because of the pay. Second, regardless of whether it is fair, people believe that when it comes to committees and the media profile of senior public servants, they are treated in an unfair way. I am not going to get into it because if I say that, it will be the headline.
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