Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
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)
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Is it possible in its present format for the State Laboratory to expand its operation to deal directly with the various questions raised either from hospital analysis or from other sources, such as animal analysis? Are those laboratories sufficiently alert and do they have sufficient capacity, expertise and equipment to be able to deal with almost any source, or do we still have to export the samples?