Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

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

Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I apologise, but my speakers stopped working for almost the entirety of the Minister's reply. I am going to have to listen back to it. I apologise. It is unfortunate that I missed what the Minister said at the start of his reply but I gather from what he said at the end that he is happy to take questions with regard to the report. As he knows, 14 recommendations were included in the report, including the establishment of a formal process of interim and permanent appointments to senior posts and for that process to be followed in all instances. It also recommends the establishment of a body to review the remuneration of senior posts in the Civil Service and public service, and to develop a process for how those appointments are made. The report also stated that the ministerial power to set individuals' salaries should be reviewed, with a view to ensuring transparency and oversight. Can the Minister inform us what action he is going to take with regard to the three recommendations I have mentioned? I hope there will be action relating to those recommendations because it is important they are implemented.

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