Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 10: Shared Services - Management of Salary Overpayments
Appropriation Accounts 2016
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office

9:00 am

Ms Paula Lyons:

The only reason I am bringing it up is that there was a number of recommendations arising from the group, which commenced activity prior to the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. The report by the Comptroller and Auditor General focused on the need for action and activity in particular areas. Reporting was one area that the overpayments working group had recommended along with a more robust root cause analysis of what causes overpayments. That work had started ahead of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Certainly, the report as it related to 2016 was relevant in that context as well, in highlighting where areas are needed-----

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