Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach

9:00 am

Mr. Martin Fraser:

I had the details before me a few seconds ago. I do not know this stuff as well as I know the material for the Department of the Taoiseach. It comes under the heading of net allied services. The figure for pensions is among the main items. The biggest figure is for the OPW, as someone mentioned. The OPW does a great deal of work in the upkeep of Áras an Uachtaráin, the grounds and so on. That is the main item of expenditure. There is a little expended on shared services, of which every Department avails. The figure for An Garda Síochána is related to security. The figure for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade relates to foreign travel.