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)

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Unless the Minister is telling me this article is completely incorrect, it refers to "a €190,000 annual salary with a company car" and "the starting salary set for the role had been ... €137,356". I am raising this to clarify the issue. Deputy Carthy brought it up in his first question. The article goes on to state, "The contract also said a car allowance of €13,150 along with reasonable mileage would be paid to the new chief executive." It would appear that at some stage, this increase was sanctioned and that an allowance for a car and mileage was also sanctioned. It was for the person taking up the office of chief executive. There was, therefore, an increase.

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