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)
Pearse 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?