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)
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I wonder whether the people who were sitting in that room, who approved the €81,000, did not feel like awful eejits afterwards. They committed €81,000 of taxpayers' money to get the best in the world, and, lo and behold, the best in the world was here all along. In fact, he was actually in the Minister's Department, which is responsible for the prudent management of public finances, all along. Did nobody think of asking Mr. Watt whether he would be willing to take on the role permanently at his existing salary? Was that question ever asked?
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