Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will proceed with further work

The next item is reports and statements on accounts received: Carbon Fund, clear audit opinion; Pensions Authority, clear audit opinion; Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland, clear audit opinion; Local Government Fund, clear audit opinion; The Gathering Project 2013, clear audit opinion; An Bord Pleanála, clear audit opinion - it is appearing here next week; Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board, ETB, clear audit opinion; Laois and Offaly ETB, clear audit opinion; Donegal ETB, clear audit opinion; Cavan and Monaghan ETB, clear audit opinion where attention is drawn to the in adequacy of the internal audit function available to the ETBs. We note this issue, which is ongoing.

I wish to formally note where we see, as was mentioned by Deputy Cullinane last week, an observation of non-compliance with public procurement policy. As a matter of policy now, the committee will write to each organisation on each occasion. It is not good enough to have this reference buried in a governance report in a certain financial statement. Only a few people who might be interested in money matters would look at these figures to see a minor remark in a Comptroller and Auditor General's audit.