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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: On the CSO, we have requested before, through the finance committee but also the budgetary oversight committee, to have better congruence of the data of the CSO and the statistics office in the North. Has any progress been made on that to have congruence across the island and the data that is available?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What will that tell us then? When is the next census due?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What efforts are being made to ensure the information that is being collected in 2027 will be able to give us comparative data for the North as well?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. It is not just the data. It is that we can compare and contrast and we have the evidence there for all of the research that is being done at the moment and that we are prepared for 2027 then to be able to design the questions on an all-island basis.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I do not really have any other questions outside of those. I have questions around the Attorney General and regarding the advice he gave in relation to pyrite but we will not go into that here today. I will save the Minister of State that. Regarding the State Claims Agency, the Minister of State referred to the projected overrun of €400,000 in 2024 being "principally due an...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Do we have an aggregate figure for the State Claims Agency and what has been paid out, or is it available somewhere?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will the Minister of State do that for the last, say, three years so that we have an idea?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Supplementary)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Supplementary)
Vote 6 - Chief State Solicitor's Office (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is it. That is all I have.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I attended the meeting on the four-year rule. I support the Cathaoirleach's request given the damage that has been done in that regard. If the Minister of State looks at it with clear eyes, he will see this needs to be rectified. I want to be associated with that.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. I do not have any questions. It is straightforward.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I certainly will but we cannot pretend it is normal to wait 13 years for a project.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is the Minister of State satisfied with it having taken 13 years to do this project?

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will leave it at this but the problem is that nobody can develop the area and no business can invest in the area until that is done. It is about the opportunity cost rather than just the fears of the people living in the area since 2015. It is just not acceptable at all that 13 years would-----

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I agree. The Minister of State referred to 10,000 extra call-outs. Why were there 10,000 extra call-outs? What was the driver of that? It comes under subhead B.7, which relates to property maintenance and supplies.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: No, it is said that there has been a significant increase in helpdesk call-out activity, with 10,000 additional call-outs to date in 2024 at an average cost of €300 per call-out. Why were there 10,000 extra call-outs?

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: It falls under the justice Vote.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I am sorry; I have just been corrected. It falls under the Vote for the Chief State Solicitor, which is under the Department of the Taoiseach. It is under the office of the DPP.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I have just been informed it is under the Office of the Attorney General. In any event, it is not under our remit but that of the Taoiseach.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I wish the Cathaoirleach and all committee members the very best of luck.

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) (5 Nov 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: I will do that.