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
Mr. David Moloney:
Certainly. In terms of learnings from the children's hospital and a better experience, the key changes we have made have been to the public spending code, which is a matter for the core Department rather than for the procurement division. We have introduced several ways of strengthening the public spending code, as well as a major projects advisory group. We hope that the strengthening of the public spending code we have introduced will support the management of projects, including large bespoke projects, into the future.
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