Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Public Accounts Committee
2015 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 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
9:00 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
It is always a balance. We do not like the notion of asking the Dáil to approve spending, at the end of the year having to say that we were not in a position to spend it and then needing to return the money to the Exchequer. On the other hand we are not going to push ahead with projects just to spend the money if we are not happy about being in a position to deliver in terms of the objectives. It is always a balancing act.
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