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 way we are doing that is through the recruitment of new staff. Those staff are being recruited to allow the laboratory to meet some of the standards to which the Deputy just referred, in particular those that the Coroner Service has with regard to post-mortem samples and those relating to the new EU legislation on food safety.
The way that need is being met at the moment is through the recruitment of staff. I should also say that the budget for training and development for that organisation is now also increased by 15%, or €50,000, from €325,000 to €375,000, so there is additional training for existing staff as well.
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