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
It is not. This issue arose after Christmas and a decision was made following a security review that was carried out by the Garda Commissioner. As a result of that, a decision was made that three senior Ministers, including me, would be assigned a Garda driver or close protection officer. The cost of that is not explicitly provided for here. It was a decision that was made subsequent to the budget and subsequent to me bringing forward the Revised Estimates volume in the House.
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