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)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The FSPO has not raised any concerns with me regarding the decrease in its Estimate across that period. I have regular contact with the office, and I have regular engagement with the ombudsman himself regarding it. The Estimate for 2022 does reflect the funding that the organisation brought forward and the requests it had for how it would be funded across that period.
It is worth noting that this is an organisation that has gone through a merger in the aftermath of 2017, when the Pensions Ombudsman and the financial ombudsman were merged into a single office. It could be the case that in the Estimate for 2022, some of the efficiencies in regard to that are apparent and coming through. Any of the key funding needs the ombudsman has brought forward, we have endeavoured to meet in this Estimate. The office has not raised any issues with me regarding it.