Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
The Minister had sold it well. The Comptroller and Auditor General reviews 286 accounts. Has the Minister considered extending the work of the Comptroller and Auditor General to oversee all public bodies? I am thinking particularly of commercial public bodies and semi-State bodies. The RTÉ scandal should have immediately led to the Government ensuring the Comptroller and Auditor General had a dual audit role for RTÉ given the level of public money that was involved. I note there is only a minor increase in resourcing for the Comptroller and Auditor General in these Revised Estimates. Does this mean the Government is not going to move on the issue to ensure the Comptroller and Auditor General has an audit role in more public bodies and semi-State bodies?
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