Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 41 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 5 - Management of Government Grants
Chapter 6 - Payroll Accrual for National Accounts
Chapter 7 - National Lottery Fund
10:00 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
Certainly, in our Department we are fairly open to external people and to being challenged. There has been a sea change in recent years in how we engage with people. We have published a consultation document that sets out the principles and we have open policy debates. We have had 18 open policy debates since the Civil Service renewal plan was launched in which we have stated what is our policy issue and have invited outsiders, that is, external people, to give a view and work with us on policy.