Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 February 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

12:25 pm

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Nine sets of financial statements have been presented. No. 1 is the statement for Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology for 2019-2020, which gets a clear audit opinion. No. 2 is the statement for the Health Research Board for 2020. It received a qualified audit opinion. The accounts give a true and fair view, except that they account for the costs of retirement benefit entitlements of staff only as they become payable. That is a standard issue for many health bodies. It is a direction of the Minister for Health that they do it in that way. It is, if you like, a technical qualified audit opinion.

No. 3 is the statement for Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board for 2020, which received a clear audit opinion. No. 4 is the statement for the National Economic and Social Development Office for 2020, which received a clear audit opinion. No. 5 is the statement for Sport Ireland for 2020, which received a clear audit opinion. No. 6 is the statement for the Environment Fund for 2020, which received a clear audit opinion. No. 7 is the statement for the Climate Action Fund for 2020, which received a clear audit opinion. Members may wish to note that this is the first year of account for the Climate Action Fund.

No. 8 is the statement for Fís Éireann or Screen Ireland for 2020, which receives a clear audit opinion. No. 9 is the National Gallery of Ireland, which receives a clear audit opinion.

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