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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Wait one second, please.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I am acting on a decision that was taken by all members of the committee and I want to do the Estimates and I do not want to hold it up. Is there some common ground or space that we could agree with the committee members, even if we do not get an answer in that time? We did not create this problem.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Deasy will see from the correspondence that the Secretary General has stated clearly: You will be aware from a letter to the chairman of the committee of public accounts that I have already stated that I wish to be helpful in terms of setting out the role of my Department in relation to general expenditure. If your view is that the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: What is the Deputy asking?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: As this arises out of Deputy Pearse Doherty's letter, can I suggest to him that we consider the possibility of continuing with the meeting on the basis that the Minister will intervene and that we have aired his concern fully and frankly this morning?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: We will go into private session to deal with the matter. Before doing so, I would like to address a remark made by Deputy Deasy because it is on the public record. I am not playing games on this issue and neither am I playing politics with it. I want to be absolutely clear about that. What Deputy Deasy may not understand or have knowledge of is that in regard to the date for the proposed...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I am making it clear to the Deputy that this is not a game. Mr. Watt is playing games. That is how I view it. I will not let him play games with an Oireachtas committee. The matter has been raised this morning arising from a letter that Deputy Pearse Doherty wrote to all of us and to the clerk. It is my job to clarify the position and to work with members and the Minister and his...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: If Deputy Deasy reads his correspondence, he will have to appreciate the fact that this committee made every effort honestly to deal with this matter.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: No. Sorry, Deputy Deasy. The Minister has answered the question, in that the matter is within the remit of this committee. I do not mind which other committees Mr. Watt attends; I just want respect in dealing with the correspondence issued on behalf of members to Departments. That is all.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Deasy-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Deputy Pearse Doherty answered you and, as I understand it, he-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: You presented what you heard as fact, Deputy Deasy, and Deputy Doherty presented what he declared as fact. You are two mature politicians.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: You do not have to be led by the hand by anyone.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I think we have made a decision to suspend-----

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: As we said, we will go into private session and then suspend for ten minutes to allow the Minister and the officials to take their seats.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: The dates are 28 February and 5 and 7 March. We will notify the Secretary General accordingly.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Select Committee (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will do that this afternoon. I call the Minister to deal with the business at hand, namely, the Estimates.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I thank the Minister. To be helpful, does he wish to make his second opening statement now or would he prefer to wait?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: I remind the Minister that, on the last occasion he was here, he mentioned he was going to consider the position. As stated by Deputy Michael McGrath this morning, the point was made that the change is being implemented on 1 March and that there is very serious concern in small businesses all over the country. It was asked whether it would be possible to at least put the date back and enter...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised) (21 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: On the figures the Minister gave Deputy Michael McGrath on extra costs in each Department related to Brexit, to what does the first figure, of €25 million, pertain? The other Departments are the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Foreign Affairs and Trade.