Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 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)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
As soon as is needed. What is very different to what I indicated to members last year is that there is a very high level of demand and interest in doing this work. Off the top of my head, I think over 3,000 people applied for these jobs who would then be available when needed. The Revenue Commissioners have decided that there is clearly training and work that needs to be done to get the 400 in place by the end of March. If the Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners comes back to me and says that we need to appoint a further 200 in the following weeks, we will do that. I will ensure that all the resources are in place to do that. We have made a significant number of changes to make sure that land is purchased and available to the State at the two key ports in which the Revenue Commissioners will need to do their work.
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