Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised)
Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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Yes. As I am conscious there are many other speakers, I wish to ask quickly about the new protected disclosures office. Will the Minister confirm how many staff will be working there, if there is an average rate of pay and what qualifications are required for appointment?
In addition, will we be incurring a fine for not meeting the transposition deadline for the whistleblowing directive and how much will it be if we are? We received a €2 million for our failure to enact the EU's fourth anti-money laundering directive. Does the Minister think it could be around that figure or could it exceed it?