Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Collection of Pension Contributions due to the Exchequer
Chapter 3 - Control of Funding for Voted Public Services
Chapter 5 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 99: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 100: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2016
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Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
That is grand. I will leave that one now.
Mr. Watt mentioned the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service. In recent weeks we have examined the OPW over a mistake that was made in the calculation of measurement versus the agreed amount on Miesian Plaza and it is costing the State effectively €344,000 a year for 25 years. The Secretary General, or commissioner as we would more commonly refer to him, felt that was absolutely not a matter for disciplinary action or any disciplinary process within the Department. He said the OPW would feel partly responsible but not completely responsible. The absence of tangible sanction is something that has come up in the two years I have been a member of this committee. Last week I made the comparison with such a mistake being made in the private sector. I used Jones Lang LaSalle, picking a name out of the sky. I think Mr. Watt would agree that someone might last the rest of the day but would be unlikely to last the rest the week. Has the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service done any papers on the need to introduce sanctions?
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