Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2018
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
9:30 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
It was about the local government audit function and the audits conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Would it not be more efficient to have one department with responsibility for audits under the auspices of the Comptroller and Auditor General? It would help to make local government more accountable and transparent.
Its audits are conducted in secret and there is not much public debate on them. Furthermore, the Committee of Public Accounts is restricted as to its examinations of local government funding. From the point of view of efficiency, value for money and transparency would it not be better to have them all under the one umbrella? Will the Minister increase the powers of the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to audit section 38 companies, section 39 companies and other organisations?
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