Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

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)

1:30 pm

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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With the permission of members, I shall substitute for the Chairman, Deputy John McGuinness, until he comes back. We are considering the Revised Estimates for 2017 for the Finance group of Votes, namely, Votes 7 to 10, inclusive. On 15 December 2016, the Dáil ordered that the following Revised Estimates be referred to this committee for consideration: Vote 7, Office of the Minister for Finance; Vote 8, Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; Vote 9, Office of the Revenue Commissioners; and Vote 10, Tax Appeals Commission. I welcome the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, to our meeting to consider the Revised Estimates and I invite him to make his opening statement.