Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 11 (Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) (Revised)
Vote 12 (Superannuation and Retired Allowances) (Revised)
Vote 14 (State Laboratory) (Revised)
Vote 15 (Secret Service) (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)
9:00 am
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. First, I wish both Ministers the very best in their new Departments. I have a question on subhead A8 in Vote 12, superannuation and retired allowances. It relates to an increase of 994% on a liability to a payment under chapter 2C of the Taxes Consolidation Act. Could the Minister please supply some background on what that is and why it is so large? I do not have any comparatives from previous years to base it on but I would welcome clarification of whether it is raw tax.
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