Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That was a large Supplementary Estimate that was nearly as big as the entire Estimate for the Department. That supplementary allocation was required to cover the payment of €24 million in legal settlements in relation to the air travel tax litigation. It is the final settlement amount and is in accordance with the legal advice given by senior counsel and approved by the Office of the Attorney General. That was approved in the appropriation accounts for last year with a Supplementary Estimate but it is still in the documentation for this year. That happened about 12 months ago, not in 2020. That is the big issue and maybe the Deputy can follow it up separately.
On the powers of the financial services ombudsman, we have no indication that his office has any difficulty in that regard. The Deputy was talking about the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman.
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