Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund

10:00 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will explain the issue in terms of the overall scheme of things. We often hear figures of €8 billion and €9 billion quoted here. Mr. Watt has just said €10 billion in terms of the spend on public procurement. I absolutely accept Mr. Watt's opening remarks that, in the general scheme of things and in the context of a budget of €54 billion, mistakes will be made and that is true. However, I am referring to the number of agencies and Departments that continue to operate outside the procurement rules and which are not making much effort to comply. As long as we have these ten-----

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