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
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
The witnesses are welcome, as always. I thank all the Departments for all the efforts over the last period in ensuring we all have money and all the Departments have money. It has been extremely difficult for everybody. Unless we come up with a real strategy as opposed to the open and closed one, I believe like the last Deputy we are heading for a very bad situation. We may well find out what that ceiling is. I hope we develop a strategy, but that is not the responsibility of the witnesses. It is the responsibility of politicians. Sadly, we have failed so far.
I have limited time, so answers of "yes" or "no" should be given to the extent possible. Is there any disciplinary process and sanction for public servants and Departments that lose money to the State through negligence?
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