Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 September 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
All are welcome to the first meeting of the new Dáil term, which, depending on who you talk to, will be a long one or a short one. We have received apologies from Deputy Imelda Munster. We have the Comptroller and Auditor General, Seamus McCarthy, here as a permanent witness to the committee.
Members are reminded of the provision of Standing Order 218, that the committee shall refrain from inquiring into the merits of a policy or policies of the Government or the merits of the objective of such policies. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the House or an official, either by name or in such a way as to make him or her identifiable.
We will go into private session briefly to deal with some sensitive correspondence before resuming in public session. Is that agreed? Agreed.
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