Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Estimates for Public Services 2018
Votes 11 - 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)
9:30 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
In his opening remarks the Minister referenced the sum of €59.531 million and the fact that some of the increase was due to the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer. Will he outline what that means?
I agree with Deputy Joan Burton with respect to section 39 services. In my constituency SOS and the St. Patrick's Centre which are undergoing a management review are awaiting sanction for different structures. The section 39 argument and the case being made are valid. Between now and the time a decision will be made in that regard, the Minister should encourage the Health Service Executive, HSE, which has responsibility in this area to ensure it will make the necessary decisions in an appropriate timeframe. I asked the Minister before about the Garda financial reporting systems and the HSE reporting systems. They are trying to achieve a single system and although it is not in these Estimates, it is within the remit of the Department to approve the systems.
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