Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
11:30 am
Mr. John McCarthy:
From a financial point of view, the process of holding elections is largely regulated through the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the guidance memorandum issued, competence in doing the job, given that it is fundamental to the democratic process, would have been highlighted.