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 want to be of help to the committee in pointing out that Oireachtas pensions are not paid for from Vote 12; they come from the Central Fund. What will be paid for here are the pensions of civil servants.
On the two questions the Deputy put to me, I am not aware of the matter having been given consideration for many years and I have not considered it. Since I have not considered the matter I cannot give the Deputy an accurate answer to her question on whether it would require a referendum. However, I would expect that there would be significant issues of property rights that would at least require legislation. I am not in a position to inform the committee this afternoon whether it would require a referendum beyond that.
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