Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister of Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised)
9:00 am
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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Yes, but consultancy and legal costs do not come in on a month-by-month basis. They are expected to rise as the year goes on. There may be some money left over at the end of the year. It is difficult to estimate what legal or consultancy costs would be required in any particular year. Moreover, there are a number of payment dates in the year for the pay bill. There are 26 payment dates in the year but because of the way it runs only ten have been reached to date. From a payments point of view, we are not halfway or anything like it.