Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 March 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor
Vote 19 - Justice and Equality
Chapter 15: Lease of Accommodation for a Probation Service Project
11:50 am
Mr. Seamus McCarthy:
No, I do not think so. The focus of the report was really to try and be forward looking and to focus on a general issue of reliance on a compliance certificate issued by a representative of the vendor, a person retained by the vendor or a lessor. I felt that the suggestion and recommendation I was making was a reasonable one to avoid a similar situation occurring in the future rather than looking into the rights and wrongs, which are matters for the courts to determine in respect of this specific case.