Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 May 2014

Public Accounts Committee

2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2012
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Finance Accounts 2012

11:25 am

Mr. John Moran:

Early on, I said that it is not done. There is a path to go through. We now have a risk committee that meets monthly. The committee will have to continue to meet and talk about risks. With each subsequent discussion, the discussion gets better. The process works better and the crossover between that and the policy committee and all the various communications that have to happen improves.

The parliamentary question submission system means that process is now paperless. We are moving that technology to cover all submissions that go through on policy matters. This will help to create a much improved record of the process of deliberation. The system will be automated to allow it be searched more easily. It is a continuous process of improvement and it does not just stop.