Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 October 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services

11:30 am

Photo of Alan DillonAlan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses and thank them for all they have done in an ever-changing environment on the back of Covid.

I will focus on the 2019 Supplementary Estimates. In the report, the gross Estimates were €67 billion for 2019 and there was a Supplementary Estimate of €640 million. Can the witnesses take me through the decision-making process on that? I understand it is based on policy, overrun, timing and technical data.

There were 13 Supplementary Estimates and four technical Supplementary Estimates. One of them was the Christmas bonus allocation of €279 million. The figure for health was €335 million. Can the witnesses provide some detail on the health aspect of the figures?

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