Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 March 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2017
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 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
11:10 am
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The management of ceilings at national level is the responsibility of the Department of Finance and I deal with their implementation. In 2015 there was huge damage caused by flooding and bridges had fallen down which needed to be fixed. It required €110 million to be found in January or February. The rules on Estimates and expenditure ceilings permit some change but only in narrow circumstances. One has to be able to demonstrate that any change was met by stable changes in revenue. I am not planning any change in the figures I have outlined, but things could happen during the year such as a natural event, to which Deputies would expect the Government to respond. They would criticise us if we did not.
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