Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 7 - EU Refunds and Levies in the Agriculture Sector

9:00 am

Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll:

The Accounting Officer is a national role and relates to the Vote and the Exchequer. I also have the title head of the paying agency and am responsible for reporting to the EU and we are audited by the certifying body, BDO, and subject to Commission audits.