Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Finance Accounts 2022
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 1 – Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2022
Chapter 2 – Reporting Ireland’s EU Transactions
Chapter 24 – Performance of the Ireland Apple Escrow Fund
Chapter 25 – Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

9:30 am

Mr. John McCarthy:

The answer is "Yes". Obviously, there has been a large increase in expenditure on foot of that. The increase in 2022, if I recall correctly, was €4 billion or €4.5 billion to provide humanitarian assistance. I think the figure provided for this year-----