Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support the remarks made by Deputy Mairéad Farrell. We will have a special meeting on insurance. The amount of money being refunded by insurance companies to those with policies is miserly, particularly given that they are not on the road and so on. Perhaps the Department will ask the companies to reconsider, particularly in the run-up to Christmas. Issuing €20, which some of us got, or €15, which others got, is miserly. It goes to show what the insurance companies think of their customers. The Minister of State might be able to reflect on that and pass the message on to the insurance companies as he meets their representatives.

Regarding the Estimate, there is €1.27 million in respect of maintenance of the fleet of mobile X-ray container scanners. That seems to be a huge figure. Is there a breakdown? Is the money for general maintenance or is it specifically for the container scanners?

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