Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 42 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Chapter 6 - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
Chapter 12 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 13 - Procurement without a Competitive Process
10:50 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
Yes, but we voted for it. If the Deputy does not take my word for it, the International Monetary Fund produced a fiscal transparency report on our budgeting process, fiscal risks and how we managed public moneys. While it found there were areas for improvement such as consolidated balance sheets, we were still among the best countries. We are going to have to disagree. I accept that we need to always improve on how we profile and improve the level of information provided, as well as having an informed debate.