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
I am not going to get into the business of advising other Ministers publicly as to what they should or should not do. I have always been of the view, however, that co-operating with the work of Oireachtas committees is important. It is very important for Ministers and it is equally important for civil servants.
We have to be held accountable, for good or ill, for the decisions we make and the actions that we decide on. I am not going to advise the Minister for Health what he should or should not do but co-operating with Oireachtas committees is an essential part of our democracy. I always ask my officials to attend where they are invited to do so.
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