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
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
I could not agree more with the Minister. Could he state the time at which it will become real for Revenue to apply the tax? Will it be later this year?
Let me move on to the subject of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I will group some of my questions. Could the Minister clarify whether the Comptroller and Auditor General has sought additional staff resources from Revenue?
With regard to the Revenue Commissioners, which comprise an impressive outfit, the figure for digital capital investment and expenses is €98 million. Under the Government, there has been considerable waste of public money, some of this has been in relation to digital. I am not suggesting in any way that the Revenue is involved. In the context of the Minister’s Department or agencies under its control, has any wasteful expenditure, such as on a botched IT system, for example, been brought to his attention?
If so, will the Minister outline that to us? Has he actually asked about this? I know one of his colleagues has asked agencies under his control.
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