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)

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not have that in front of me. To be more specific, I am saying that the increases in current expenditure that build on other increases in Government expenditure that we would not have made for 2019 are at least €115 million. I have given the Deputy the example of the Revenue Commissioners. If further needs develop and I need to make further resources available, I will do that. I am very conscious that at the end of March, in a no-deal scenario, due to the uniqueness of this event and despite all the preparation to be ready for it, developments and changes will happen that are very difficult to forecast at this point. As we move through the coming weeks, if my key agencies, especially the Revenue Commissioners, come to me and state that they now need to do things differently because new issues have emerged, I will respond quickly to the issues identified.

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