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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Fraser made a previous statement a number of times that he would like to see a more transparent process. Has he given that advice to the Government?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: That is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Has Mr. Fraser given that advice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Has Mr. Fraser given that advice in an official format?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Is it the case that Mr. Fraser is making that statement when it really does not matter if he has given that advice because he not put in place a process to achieve that goal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: We all think that. It is not rocket science. When one civil servant who is already in receipt of substantial remuneration transfers from one Department to another and secures a salary increase of €81,000, it is pretty standard and obvious that this is not normal or transparent. I ask again if Mr. Fraser is aware, particularly as a member of the TLAC, of a process in which the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: I would not be asking the question if I thought the notes answered it. I am asking Mr. Fraser because the notes are not really answering the questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: They are very evasive, actually. I have them here, in case Mr. Fraser thinks I do not have them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: There are no answers. It is pathetic that we have to call Mr. Fraser in and ask him these questions, which he believes the notes answer. Where is the challenge to the request? Why was it not challenged? If the Minister made the decision, does Mr. Fraser concur with him making that kind of decision? Does he think it was warranted?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Fraser, therefore, proposed it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Right. The Minister chose one without taking any advice. He did that independently.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: How often has this happened before?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Is that the current Garda Commissioner?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Fraser has mentioned all those and that is fine. As briefly as he can, what is his role in this process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: In compiling all that advice, do we have an actuary in the Department who would provide Mr. Fraser with an actuarial valuation of an appointment such as Mr. Watt's over and above an outside candidate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: I asked Mr. Fraser if he had an actuary to provide him with advice for him to advise the Minister and Taoiseach?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Very good. It was, therefore, based on Mr. Fraser's own inclination, opinion or experience.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: I asked Mr. Fraser if this happened before. Was he involved in the appointment of all the other candidates, with whom this has happened before, to have garnered that experience?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: This has only happened in certain instances, however. How many of the other instances was Mr. Fraser involved in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: Mr. Fraser's only recommendation to the Taoiseach and the Minister, therefore, was the remuneration.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Remuneration of Senior Civil Servants: Discussion (2 Jun 2021)
Verona Murphy: To come back to the basis of Mr. Fraser's recommendation, public moneys provide the salary for all public service and Civil Service appointments. I will ask again. What actuarial figures were put together to apply a differentiation on the basis of value for money between 23 candidates to state we could have somebody internally at a particular cost or externally at a particular cost? I very...