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)
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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This is a very important office. The State Laboratory is under the aegis of my Department. It is our principal analytical chemistry laboratory and provides a comprehensive analytical and advisory service to the Government, Departments and offices. Its main clients include the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Revenue, the Coroner Service and the Office of the State Pathologist. The laboratory also provides services to the Departments of Transport; Enterprise, Trade and Employment; Health; and State agencies including Health Products Regulatory Authority, HPRA, the HSE and the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. It provides really important services right across the Government and the public service.