Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Public Service Performance Report: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Ms Caroline O'Loughlin:
I wish to add one thing. To reflect what Mr. Hearne said, the whole point of this report in particular is to capture that transparency and accountability of public expenditure. Just to note, while we collate the information and provide guidance to the Departments on what information should be captured in the report, it is up the individual Departments to decide what metrics are put into the report. However, what greatly influences that is the engagement they have with different committees throughout the year. Again, if sectoral committees engage with Departments on this report, that will greatly influence what information is captured in it and, obviously, improve the value of the report to this committee in its role for scrutiny.
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