Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor

10:00 am

Mr. Liam O'Daly:

There is a process in place. On the point that it can take up to a year and a half to get advice, on the face of it, that should not happen. That is not the position. There may be complications as to why that happened, but we have procedures in place to ensure the turnaround time is quick. If the advice is required urgently, the work has to be done immediately. As I said, the eight week reports are designed to pick up anything that is taking longer than that time, although I accept that eight weeks is a long time.