Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors
1:30 pm
Mr. Tony Murphy:
No, we have to keep a distance because we cannot be involved in the legislative process, or else we cannot audit it. We are completely outside of that. For instance, in some cases we are asked for an opinion when legislation is being drafted, but it is just an opinion. They can take it on board or not. For instance, when it was setting up the Ukraine facility, it would have asked us if we had any comments on that. When it was setting up the RRF itself, it asked us if we had any comments on it. It is a requirement that it has to ask us for an opinion but it is not bound by anything we say. It can take it or leave it. We are not involved. We look for-----
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