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:
There were similar reasons. I will make a general point that historically we might have been penny-wise, pound-foolish in our approach to these agencies. I am of the view that the more efficient these bodies are, particularly in regard to the DPP and the Chief State Solicitor's office, the greater return to the State. With respect to the enormity of allocation in other Departments, we have to build really sustainable capacity in these organisations across the board.