Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 6 December 2012
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 16 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
1:20 pm
Ms Geraldine Tallon:
They are not operating as separate islands. Each manager is accountable to his or her elected members for the budget. In terms of areas of capital spend, we have a discipline from the Department and very close contact with our colleagues in the local government system, including managers, finance officers and capital programme managers.