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 whistleblowers the Chair has referred to, with the information they have made available to us, have played an important role in our public life and in helping us improve how we make public services available to our citizens. The issues the Chair has raised are the reasons last year the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, brought in legislation to improve our whistleblower regime. That is also why we now have an Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner. It is to try to respond to the important issues the Chair is raising and to try to treat those who are bringing forward information for the public good in a better and more fair way.
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