Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Court of Auditors Annual Report 2020: Discussion

Photo of Ruairi Ó MurchúRuairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Murphy once again. Deputy Richmond has probably asked at least two of my questions. I will try to stretch Mr. Murphy as before. He had told me last time that he would have to give a very political answer so he was unable to do so.

I refer to the suspected fraud detected in the audit. Mr. Murphy spoke of OLAF's work between 2011 and 2020, which recovered €536 million. As that involved 37 cases, some of those must have been substantial. It might not be possible to get into the six instances of suspected fraud in the 2020 audit but what detail can Mr. Murphy give about this? Are we talking about a major level of criminality? Where did that happen? I accept there are limits to what Mr. Murphy can say. He is smiling.

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