Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2023
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary)
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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It was not allocated at the time. Funding was not previously provided during the 2023 Estimates due to uncertainty about costs at that time. The planning and tendering process was ongoing.
It was always the intention that it would be allocated once there was more certainty as regards the costs, the tendering was complete and we had a more accurate estimate of the costs. As we indicated in the opening remarks, we anticipate that most of it will be covered by the BAR. Within the cut-off and the eligibility rules in the BAR, that is essentially where it will be funded from. It will be allocated once we know what the figures are.