Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 17 - European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
FÁS Financial Statements 2012
National Training Fund

12:10 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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It is really unsatisfactory , although I realise it was on a different watch. One might argue that the sum of money concerned is modest in the broader scheme of things, but it is not acceptable practice that a mistake is knowingly made that involves a loss of taxpayers' money and I do not see any follow-up or accountability for the person concerned. I guess that people in other parts of FÁS or other parts of the public service would not get a pass if a mistake was knowingly made that incurred a cost.