Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
1:15 pm
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent)
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It is with regret that I, too, will not be participating. The point raised by the Minister and Deputy Kevin Humphreys to the effect that if the Revised Estimates are not agreed, the organisations involved could be shut down is a substantive one. I propose that it would have been preferable to explore whether a ministerial order or legislation could have been used to resolve this issue. I really am of the view that proceeding with our business, in light of the rejection of the Croke Park II proposals, is simply unacceptable. I reiterate that it is with regret that I will not be participating.