Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2024
Vote 31 - Transport
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 9 - Appraisal of Rail Project Investments
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2024
Chapter 21 - Collection of Motor Vehicle Taxes
Financial Statements: Motor Tax Account 2024

2:00 am

Mr. Ken Spratt:

There was a strong desire on the part of Ministers not to increase the fees, particularly given the cost-of-living crisis. That was a big part of the challenge. On the oversight, we have 19 agencies. Some of them are regulators, but for the agencies like the RSA we have quarterly governance meetings.

We go through long lists of governance checks that we want to go through-----