Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Court of Auditors: Discussion

Mr. Tony Murphy:

-----and not do it again.

As I say, we are always in favour of simplification. We understand it is difficult. There are many schemes that are different and one also has turnover of staff who are involved which also can bring a different dynamic to the whole thing. They may have a different interpretation of the rules or whatever it might be. It is a complex area.

As we said earlier here, we do not find that many problems in Ireland in our sample. Okay, it is a small sample because, relatively speaking, the EU funds are quite small and most of it goes in under the "natural resources" headings, and most of it is direct payments. There again, there is another issue where, because it is entitlement based, it is not cost reimbursement, which, inherently, for us, is less risky and less prone to error. We have to get the balance right because if the Commission, as was mentioned here earlier in the meeting, in the CAP from 2023 wants to go down some performance-related-----

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