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:

It sought additional staffing and over the last number of years would have advocated for significantly increased resources. When I was formerly Taoiseach, I would have received correspondence in respect of this. With regard to the conduct of justice and our criminal justice system, in my view it is important we would respond to that. It is increased staffing and there are pay agreements.