Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 January 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design

10:00 am

Mr. Tom Boland:

In fairness, it is more my responsibility as the accountable person here. I would not expect Mr. Roche to answer that question of how many times the audit committee met. I would expect that to be covered by the statement of governance from the institution. As I have stated a number of times, we consistently address the issue of lateness of accounts with NCAD on a very regular basis. There is no question of our not alerting the college to the seriousness with which we regarded the issue. That should be noted.