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
-----because in many respects, this was not the change that was envisaged. We are talking about people who have, in many cases, families, mortgages and so on. We are continuing to consider that issue and what options there may be for them. At the moment it is a very small number of individuals, namely, a handful of people who were previously working for three Ministers up to the end of 2021 but whose services are no longer needed. I expect we will come to a decision on that in the next couple of weeks. We are examining whether there are any redeployment options. Obviously, there is normal severance within the normal public service terms as well.
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