John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Without naming any particular Department, let us consider a big-spending Department from which the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform wants greater accountability. IT is essential to do that. In such a case, does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform get involved by telling the line Department we are not getting anywhere, we need greater transparency and accountability in respect of where the money is going and how we can improve on the structures and the big-spending Department does not have the appropriate IT systems. Those systems might be too old and do not speak to each other. Would the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform get involved in that type of action with a Department? Does it conduct a critical analysis of these big Departments in respect of how they are controlling everything?