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)
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source
Go raibh maith agat a Aire. The Minister said he could never go far enough but he did go far enough for Robert Watt and his wage. It is very interesting and quite startling that he said this will not form a benchmark or a reference point for other salaries in the public service. What he is saying is that the figure is not part of any process. He is saying it is independent of any system or reference point and it is a personal deal. The Minister is saying it is not possible to use this as a benchmark in future. He is saying that if people argue their salary should be 90% of this salary he will not agree because this is a personal deal with a particular individual in a particular role that is insulated and isolated from the role of everybody else in the Civil Service. By doing this he is simply underlining and reinforcing the whole point the committee has made that this is an individual wage for an individual person.
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