Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 June 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine

10:00 am

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

It appears we do not have the previous year's figures. We have had a significant drive and reduced overtime quite substantially in recent years in the Department. In fact, this is true in all Departments because of the constraints on administrative budgets. However, in individual cases like this, we are not fully in command of the situation. I do not want to lay too much emphasis on the individual case-----