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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: If I can get cogent questions and cogent responses it will allow us to finish the programme we have agreed, otherwise I will have to accelerate proceedings at the end.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Would it be possible to provide further information on the matters raised by Deputy Doherty to assist the debate and then we could move on?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We now move on to programme B, financial services policy, which consists of subheads B1, administration - pay, B2, administration - non-pay, B3, comments and commissions, B4, consultancy and other services, and also matters relating to key output targets and context and impact indicators. I invite Members to make comments or to ask questions. Speakers should be specific to the headings this...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We are taking about subhead B4 at the moment. What is the state of play with regard to the strategic investment bank? That is one of the targets that is outlined. How will it be progressed in 2014?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: And the matter of the strategic investment bank.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We are 15 minutes over the deadline for concluding this section, so I am moving on. We agreed the programme at the start of the meeting. I am now proceeding on to programmes C, D and E, inclusive. Programme C.1 is administration, pay; C.2 is administration, non-pay; C.3 is committees and commissions; and C.4 is consultancies and other services. Programme D is economic policy; D.1 is...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy has moved into repetition.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I know, but you have made the same point twice in the same conclusion.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I will bring in the Minister for a response. I call Deputy Pearse Doherty.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I will not move into repetition or any comment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We are moving on.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: We are moving on to Vote 8, Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, pages 29 to 31 of the briefing document of the Department. The headings on this are: administrative subheads (i) to (ix). On programme A, auditing and reporting: subheads A1, administration - pay; subhead A2, administration - non-pay; matters relating to key outputs, output targets, and context and impact indicators;...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Moving on now to Vote 9, Office of the Revenue Commissioners, pages 32 to 42 of the briefing document of the Department, administrative subheads (i) to (xi). On programme A, administration and collection of taxes, duties and frontier management: subheads A1, administration - pay; subhead A2, administration - non-pay; subhead A3, disabled drivers and disabled passengers grant scheme; matters...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Vote 10, office of the-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Vote 10, Office of the Appeal Commissioners, pages 43 to 50 in the briefing document, Department administrative subheads Nos. 1 to 5 of 6: programme A, facilitation of hearings of tax appeals; programme A1, administration pay; and A2, administration non-pay, related key outputs, output targets in context and impact indicators and matters relating to appropriation aid. Are there any questions...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I will be very strict on time as another meeting is scheduled and I must finish.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Office of the Appeal Commissioners (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee with our consideration of 2014 Revised Estimates and programmes. As we have completed our consideration of the revised Estimates of Votes 7, to 10, inclusive, in accordance with Standing Order 87, the clerk to the committee will convey a message to that effect to the Clerk of the Dáil. Under Standing Order 86(2), the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Message to Dáil (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Finance has completed its consideration of the following Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2014: Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised); Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised); Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: Apologies have been received from Deputy Regina Doherty. I welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and his officials to the meeting. The purpose of today's meeting is to consider the revised Estimates and the supplementary performance information on the outputs and impacts of programme expenditure. I know there is a meeting of the Committee of Public...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 11 - Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - Shared Services (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (15 Jan 2014)

Ciarán Lynch: There will be some flexibility. Is the timetable agreed? Agreed. I call on the Minister to make his opening statement.