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)
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
We are 36 days away from Brexit. There is a 6% increase in the budget of the Revenue Commissioners. Does the Minister believe that is an appropriate increase in the context of a no-deal Brexit? There has been no agreement on how the Border will be dealt with in a no-deal scenario. The only statements from the Government refer to the need for difficult conversations with the EU. We do not know what the outcome of those difficult conversations will be. We keep hearing from the EU that the integrity of the Single Market will need to be maintained and the Border will be an EU frontier. Does the Minister believe this increase is appropriate to deal with all scenarios, including the outcome of those discussions with the EU after a no-deal scenario, which we all hope will not materialise?
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