Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 November 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

No. 1 is the intestate estates fund accounts for 2021, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 2 is the Citizens Information Board accounts for 2021, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 3 is the National Council for Curriculum Assessment accounts for 2021, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 4 is the National Transport Authority accounts for 2021, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 5 is the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, accounts for 2021, which also received a clear audit opinion. However, I drew attention to two matters in respect of the RTB. First, there was a cost overrun and the delay in the delivery of a new ICT-based management system for tenancy registrations and disputes and, second, non-compliant procurement of business processing services, which was related in part at least to the delay in the delivery of the ICT-based management system.

I might also draw the committee's attention to Nos. 4 and 5. Both of those were signed off at the end of June and they have only been presented in November and are actually late in being presented, relative to the standard expectation, which is within three months. The committee, in line with its policy, may want to inquire from those bodies as to why there were delays.

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