Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 October 2014

Public Accounts Committee

Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres

11:30 am

Photo of Kieran O'DonnellKieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Who has been assigned within the Department to clean up this matter? Ultimately, this is as much about proper records and systems, namely, basic housekeeping. If a corner shop was operating in this fashion, Revenue would close it down because the records are so incomplete but, ultimately, unlike a shopkeeper, this involves €8 million of taxpayers' money per annum. I have no doubt that the harbours do outstanding work and they are hugely important for our fishing industry. I am not taking from that. Ultimately, what is required is for someone to do a proper clean-up job and spend a few months grafting and going through the system. Has Mr. Moran assigned a specific project manager who has the necessary technical skills to drive around to these centres? I assume they all have their own bookkeeping systems. I presume they are all online and that it is all an integrated system. In respect of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Moran needs to sign off on the 2012 accounts as quickly as possible regardless of what the audit report shows.

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