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)
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
Given that the Government has two years left in office, or potentially less, you never know, I am concerned the Bill will not be completed. I do not understand why the Public Sector Standards Bill required so many amendments and why it took so long, even though there was cross-party support on it.
We are now looking at a new Bill. That will come before pre-legislative scrutiny in committee, which will take a further period, and despite all the issues we have had over recent years, there will be no real progress legislatively to make the amendments people have long been calling for. That is my concern. The Minister indicated the Bill will be published around October. Is that correct?
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