Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

No.1 is the Health and Social Care Professionals Council's financial statements for 2022.

They received a qualified audit opinion. In my view, the accounts give a true and fair view except that they account for the costs of retirement benefit entitlements of staff only as they become payable. That is a standard situation in many of the health bodies.

The Medical Council received a clear audit opinion for 2022.

The Social Insurance Fund is one of the largest accounts I audit, with a turnover of over €15 billion. It received a clear audit opinion. However, I draw attention to four chapters in my report on the accounts of the public services for 2022, which I already outlined when I presented the Department of Social Protection Vote, so I will not delay the committee.

The National Library of Ireland received a clear audit opinion for 2022.

An Foras Teanga, or the Language Body, is one of the statutory North-South bodies. The financial statements refer to 2021 and received a clear audit opinion.

The Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board received a clear audit opinion for 2022.

The Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland received a clear audit opinion for 2022.

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