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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Of course. I am sure the Chair will give the Deputy loads of time to respond. When it comes to the question of the case being made by others that this is the benchmark or anchor for future public pay policy, people make cases all the time for pay increases. Pay claims come in constantly. I ask the Deputy to point to an example where the salary associated with this post has led to wage inflation elsewhere in the system.