Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
It is not because this is the only Supplementary Estimate I am bringing forward for energy.
In my experience of the Estimates process, Government Departments, through engagement with the agencies they are responsible for, receive from the agencies what their overall budget need is, and within all of that, the agencies themselves form a view as to what their energy costs will be across the year. This is the only example I have in the agencies that I am responsible for of the energy costs being underestimated. In general, it looks as if these bodies get it about right and they are able to cover any additional cost from underspends that happen elsewhere in their Vote.
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