Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)

2:00 am

The Taoiseach:

What I am saying is it is about efficiency and, in particular, the economic aspect. A lot of these decisions have big economic weight and impact, so more judges are justified on that basis to get greater throughput of cases.