Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 May 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 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
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of Government Chief Information Officer
2020 Report on the Accounts of the Public Services of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
9:30 am
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Does Mr. Moloney know when? This is not directly with Mr. Moloney. It is a frustration we have in many instances. For instance, the Irish Prison Service was here some weeks ago. Deputy Catherine Murphy and I asked about a report, which was then published two or three hours later. That is deeply frustrating because it was clearly available to be published. I am not suggesting that is the same with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform but we often get answers such as "shortly", which I heard in Mr. Moloney's opening statement or "as soon as possible". There is a scheduled date for meetings with the Committee of Public Accounts. It is several months since we wrote seeking the information. Could we agree that it would be before July, for example, that is, before the House rises for the summer?
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