Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment

10:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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No, sorry, that is the wrong page. It is detailed on the following page. Those costs relate to the office of the Minister for Finance; superannuation and retired allowances; the Office of Public Works, which I presume relates to the upkeep of the Áras itself; the Garda Síochána; foreign affairs; and defence. The latter three are obviously expenses incurred in the context of security. It was earlier asked whether the figures that we are given are a proper and true reflection of the overall spend. Is it fair to say that those additional costs are addressed in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General? Mr. McCarthy reports the additional costs.