Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Revised)

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have an obligation to make sure the office is appropriately funded.

On the broader question, we need to do more thinking around our systems of accountability within existing organisations. In the Dáil Chamber today, I had queries for four inquiries. In my speech I referred to inquiries that are under the remit of our Department such as the Cooke and Cregan commissions and so on. They are taking a long time. It is probably time to consider whether we need to revisit how we conduct commissions of investigation of different models. Inquiries are taking too long, for the victims and for survivors.

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