Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Special Report No. 87 - Effectiveness of Audit Committees in State Bodies
Issues with Public Procurement
10:00 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
No, we have not had conversations about looking again at the remit of the office, which is very clear. We understand what it is about. Based on what we discover as we roll out this programme, Mr. Quinn and I are happy to meet the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and discuss how we are getting on and whether we need a revised or new mandate. We have not had that conversation as we are delivering, and we report to the Minister based on implementation of what we have been asked to do.