Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
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)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I will begin with Deputy Farrell's questions on the management of the BAR. Currently, it has a total of €5 billion in 2018 pricing. The eligibility period for the expenditure runs from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023. The bulk of our allocation will come through pre-financing. We have received approximately €361 million for 2021 and €276 million for 2022.
I will answer the question about staff. I will ask my officials to provide the information on the drawdown while I am doing that. We will have two units with regard to the national recovery and resilience plan, NRRP, and the BAR. There will be eight staff within the BAR, which will be one principal officer, two assistant principal officers, two administrative officers, two higher executive officers, and one clerical officer. There will be eight staff overall involved in delivering against the BAR. The total cost of the unit for the BAR and the delivery of the NRRP is €1.5 million. Just looking at the allocation, we will have perhaps €700,000 to €800,000 involved in the cost of staffing the BAR unit. I will come back to the Deputy with information on the drawdown of the BAR.
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