Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 November 2020
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I suggest that there should be a rolling maintenance programme to ensure the scanners do not break down. Obviously, the authorities will be under pressure for time owing to Brexit.
From the beginning of the Covid pandemic, many of the staff who normally travelled from the country to Dublin found themselves working from home. I understand that, for the Revenue Commissioners, this has been particularly successful. Will they now review the work that has been undertaken by the employees at home and determine how successful it was, perhaps with a view to continuing a programme to support those working from home? Maybe it could be ensured that those who travel from the country are given the option to work from home. I understand the change of practice was quite successful.