Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Mr. David Moloney:
That is correct, Deputy. That is not part of the legislative and administrative context in which senior public servants are appointed. They are appointed for the Government by the Government for a seven-year term, which is traditionally extended by three years. Those are the parameters within which we work so that is obviously not tied into an electoral cycle or change of Government. The expectation is that we will impartially and objectively advise on and implement Government policy regardless.
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