Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

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

Estimates for Public Services 2022
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)

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I will first answer the Deputy’s second question. Yes, any documents in my Department that are connected to this issue will be shared with the committee. I will arrange for that to happen. On the period of time involved with the appointment of the board, we expect this process to become public in the next few days, at which point I hope that applications will be received for the role.

I believe that the window during which this will need to be made available for public notice is three to four weeks, during which we will accept applications. We will do our best to try to get a new board in place across March or into April. We will need to allow the recruitment process to conclude. That will be overseen by the Public Appointments Service, but we will try to do it very quickly after that.