Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 February 2023

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. We will just start into some of the Estimates. I will focus on Vote 7, the Department of Finance. We can see that funding for travel and subsistence, which includes expenditure incurred by officers of the Minister and Minister of State, has increased by 21% or €190,000. What is the reason for the significant increase in this subhead?