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
The truth is that there is always a risk it will only be a change of name. That risk is there, and the Secretary General and I are very much aware of it. That is why, in answering a question Deputy Mairéad Farrell put to me, I made the point that this is a change of name that has to become a change of mandate. It is something I am determined to do. As a first stage, I will be completing an evaluation process I have put under way on some of the topics Deputy O'Callaghan has just raised. Out of that, I will bring some proposals to the Government in the coming months. When that is done, there might be an opportunity to brief the committee on how we are trying to go about doing more than changing the name of the Department.
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