Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management

9:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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This goes back to the overall issue I am raising about projects, which are now urgent - not just in Blackpool but right across the country - where we seem to have a process that goes on ad infinitum. It is ten or 12 years later and now we have a situation where over €500 million will be paid out this year as a result of people suffering damage to properties and loses. There is a need now for the Department to see how we can expedite the process and deal with it in a far more timely manner.