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)
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Vote 15 is on the secret service and I noticed that every year the estimated cost is the same figure. What projections are used?
My committee colleague, Deputy Durkan, highlighted it well when he said ours is probably the most secret secret service out there when we consider that in other countries it is fairly well known among the general population that there is a secret service. My first question is about the figure being the same every year. Why are there not increased projections for our secret service?
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