Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre

5:00 pm

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Yes. The timeframe for submission is relatively tight anyway. Going back to 2015, for instance, the introduction of financial reporting standard 102 required a significant additional effort around the time of carrying out the audits. That applied, certainly, to the Abbey and to the ESRI. For the 2017 sets of financial statements, the implementation of the code of practice for the governance of State bodies is having a significant effect as well. There are different challenges in different years and there can be surprises for organisations when they come to deal with new requirements, etc.

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