Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 28 May 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2025
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)
2:00 am
Edward Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
If we went through the 290-page document in full detail, we would never get to the bottom of it, however, I have two questions on that. First, is that full detail available to us for our consumption? In other words, if we wanted to drill further down on anything, is there any place where we would have to request it or is it available somewhere? My second question relates to the Estimates. Many of the numbers have rounding figures. For example, on page 48 compensation and losses are listed at €1 million and training and development, under the heading Revenue Commissioners, is at €3,340,045.
When the Department is doing Estimates going forward, these should be based on assumptions. An assumption could be, for example, a 5% increase or a 3% increase or whatever. I am suspicious of round numbers and that is my point.
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