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 Hogan:

At this stage, we have the Advocate General's opinion. I am constrained to a certain extent in that we have an active legal case under way. I will not comment on that but it will be some time yet before we understand what the final outcome of the court case will be. The reality with a lot of these state aid cases is that we have in the past seen instances where the case itself has moved between both the general court and the Court of Justice on points of law and on points of detail. I suppose this was always one that had the potential to operate in the same manner, but when it becomes clear that there is a final outcome and resolution to the case, I am confident we can move the moneys quickly.