Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of Government Chief Information Officer
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Mr. Moloney mentioned taxation and Revenue a number of times in his replies to members. In my case, if I gave back so much to the State by personal choice in respect of the pay rises over the past 11 years, I would have evidence of it. I would have a photograph of it on my phone because we sometimes get asked about these things by journalists and so on. If a senior civil servant is gifting back, for example, €80,000 a year, or said he or she was doing so, where does Revenue come into it? The question being asked is nothing to do with a civil servant's net salary or the net effect of all of that. It relates to the amount of gross salary being gifted back. Why is there a Revenue issue around that? I do not get it. I am missing something there.
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