Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 January 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance
10:00 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I have another example. Before Christmas, a draft statutory instrument on the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund and the allocation of the money came before the Dáil. Reports continue to come in about that fund and how it spends taxpayers' money. Such reports have been coming in for years. Earlier, Mr. Moran referred to governance. Where is the governance in the context of that fund? Who polices the provision of proper governance in the context of the taxpayers' money that is being spent? This issue is ongoing. There are vast amounts of money involved. I am asking that the Department of Finance would examine how the money is spent in terms of governance.
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