Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary)

1:20 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Various snags and obstacles have impacted negatively on some, though not all, public projects in the past. Is the Minister satisfied at this stage that these matters have been brought into focus for review and improvement and is that likely to happen? For example, I was recently looking at an application to a local authority for something very small. It contained a file that was about 4 in. or 5 in. thick. I recall when those files would be three or four pages long. I am sure somebody is going to tell me that things have moved on, which is true, but it now takes more people longer to assess a file that is 4 in. or 5 in. thick than it did to assess files that were only four or five pages long.

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