Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (Resumed)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wish to pick up on something that was raised earlier by Teachta Connolly. Mr. Moloney, referenced challenges in his opening statement and cited the legislative programme as an issue that has added to the workload of his office. Please talk me through that. There is a constitutional provision that the office can only give advice to Government. I mean the role of the Attorney General is to formulate advice on the provisions of a Bill and advice in terms of drafting Bills. Is that the constitutional position? Is that what Mr. Moloney was saying?

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