Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 19 - Official Development Assistance
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Vote 29 - International Co-operation

11:50 am

Mr. Brendan Rogers:

Yes. What the Deputy has said about the receipts is absolutely true. One can receive false receipts which one of the donors received. That is why the lesson to be learned is that not only should one receive receipts but one should also receive bank invoices. That was the key point. We now know that was the problem.