Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
2:00 am
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
I take my responsibilities seriously. It is a body under my aegis. That is why, when I became aware of this at the end of April, we scoped out what the extent of this would be through the month of May. That is why it was important to set out publicly the three issues as they are, and also very clearly to have an external audit of all the processes, systems and issues that we know about, but also to sample all of the other elements that the NSSO is responsible for. That is why this is fundamental. I know that, separately, the Committee of Public Accounts will engage with the NSSO, and accountability will be an important part of the issues that have been brought to light.
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