Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Select Committee on Justice and Equality
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Revised)
Vote 21 - Prisons (Revised)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality (Revised)
Vote 25 - Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Revised)
Vote 41 - Policing Authority (Revised)
9:00 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
There is ongoing engagement with the Department of Health which has responsibility for this. This involves the Mental Health Commission taking over and setting up the office but we have agreements on the recruitment of the chief executive officer, CEO, for that. I will come back to the Deputy with a date.
Various actions have been taken to expedite this. I take the Deputy's point, it is very important that we have the office. There were a lot of discussions with the Department of Health, which is responsible for setting it up and needs to recruit people. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has given permission for the recruitment of people to run that office. I imagine it will happen in the near future. I will make a particular inquiry and will get back to the Deputy.
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