Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 5 - Vote Budget Management

12:30 pm

Mr. Robert Watt:

Absolutely. The case I am making is that because of the financial crisis we had to cut back dramatically, and we have done that. However, that is not related to a commensurate reduction in the output of the services. We have managed to increase the volume of service.