Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals: COM (2011) 778 and COM (2011) 779

2:25 pm

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The report in The Irish Times and the Nyberg report referred to a failure of auditors to be liable for the accounts they stand over and publish. It is one thing to be accountable but another to be legally liable for the accounts that one signs off on. Is this something we should have examined in the context of reforming this area?

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