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)
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will know, the officials of the Comptroller and Auditor General oversee the issues in regard to use of money for the secret service Vote and that is a task they take very seriously. They verify the use of the money for the activities of those it was meant for.
In regard to the operation of the secret service Vote, at this point, I have to ask the Deputy to bear with me as I say to him it has been a custom of the House for some time that I do not answer questions in regard to the use of money for that Vote. That is for very good reasons and I ask that the Deputy respects that tradition with regard to this Vote.