Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services
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)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
If I can answer the question, I would appreciate it. Under the Taxes Consolidation Act, section 483 deals with the issue of gifting of salary on an annual basis. The application is made to the Minister for Finance and it is applied for any purpose or it can go towards the costs of which any public moneys are provided. In other words, the use of the proceeds is a matter for government. Gifts are accepted by the Minister for Finance.
Arrangements are put in place by the relevant Department with which the person works. The Minister is then notified accordingly. I would not be notified of that and, therefore, I do not know the precise dates when gifting arrangements were put in place or ended. There is information published in aggregate form every year, as I understand it, but the tax affairs of individual employees and Ministers remain a private matter. This gifting arrangement is anchored in taxation legislation. That is the answer to the Deputy's question.
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