Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Public Accounts Committee
2019 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Accounting for Capital Assets
Chapter 5 - Accounting for Allied Services
11:30 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
It depends. The Accounting Officer for the Department of Health is responsible for spending in the Department and has to produce its account, which is audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General and comes before this committee in the normal way. We have a role for the Department in procurement and do some of its procurement. Ultimately, it is a matter for the Department in terms of its compliance with the public financial procedure. It is for the Accounting Officer to decide.
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