Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

10:00 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Yes. If we are looking at travel and subsistence, for example, we look at a sample and may identify problems in the sample. It could be that we would look at 20 samples and find difficulties with one. In the greater scheme of things and given the expenditure of the HSE, some overexpenditure in a travel and subsistence area is not that significant in terms of its overall budget but it is something that would have a reputational risk for the HSE. We try to ensure it is aware of what is expected in terms of using travel and subsistence expenditure in an appropriate manner.