Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I think the primary driver of that is that more meetings are now happening in person. There was a significant reduction in travel and subsistence-related costs in my Department and indeed across all Departments for two years or so during Covid-19, as the Deputy knows. Now there is more in-person travel and in-person meetings taking place and that is the main reason. There is not any other structural reason for the change in the overall cost.
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