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 would say it was the volume of work. From memory, the recruitment ban was lifted around this time in 2017 and the reversal of pay cuts began. There was a bit of a problem with ramping up and extra people coming in. That gave rise to delays, both on panels and in security vetting. It takes a while.