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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It has happened in this case. However, the organ within our State which performs that role is the Attorney General. At the heart of this issue is entitlement to public services and funding. It was therefore appropriate for the Attorney General to do the work he has done over the past week. We then made the report publicly available. Mr. Corr is providing a valuable public service with the issues he is raising, as do whistleblowers in general. However, where my views may differ from those of the Chairman is that I believe the heart of the nursing home charges issue is that the State has never legislated for us to be obliged to deal with costs relating to private nursing home care. That is the key issue.