Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Burgess:

I will address one or two points of detail and say a brief word about our general approach to risk. Since the 2016 report, we have recovered an additional €60,000. The process of recovery is continuous and does not stop until we recover the full amount. In many cases we do not recover the full amount, but it remains a continuous part of our work.

There was a question about international norms. We work closely with the audit network in other aid agencies and development partners. Our evaluation and audit team hosted the international auditors' network in Dublin recently. The intention is to identify and advance best practice among peers. We see this as a fundamental part of our work.

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