Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 March 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If we get those emailed directly to us, we will get a good feel for what the organisation does. In the case of Sport Ireland, there was a clear audit opinion. Other people are dealing with that organisation at the moment. In the case of the Loughs Agency, there was a clear audit opinion. In the case of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, there was a clear audit opinion. Like all health bodies, it has its own accounting standards when it comes to superannuation. In the case of Louth-Meath ETB, there was a clear audit opinion, although there was some non-compliant expenditure and the internal audit function was raised again. We will move on. The point about learning lessons in advance is the most important issue we have covered there.

The next item is the work programme. We will be very brief with the work programme now. One or two changes have had to be made since we were last here, solely for logistical reasons. Next week, representatives of the Department of Justice and Equality will be back to deal with the Vote of that Department. There might be outstanding questions from the previous meeting. On 11 April, we will be joined by representatives of the Central Statistics Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I assume that means the Comptroller and Auditor General's Accounting Officer will be here instead of the Comptroller and Auditor General that day.

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