Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
9:00 am
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source
I will pick up on that point. It seems that €200,000 is being allocated for this year, which is described as a kind of set-up cost for the citizens' assembly, and the running costs only kick in from 2017. If it is established in October, how will that be funded? In terms of the timing of this, the Chief Whip - on the same television programme - referred to the fact that there would likely be a referendum to repeal the eighth amendment in the early part of next year. Is that a timetable the Taoiseach believes is realistic in terms of the report of the citizens' assembly, the Dáil and then a referendum on the eighth amendment possibly early next year?
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