Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána

9:00 am

Mr. Michael Culhane:

There were 53 pay dates in 2015, which is unusual because generally speaking there are obviously 52, but it was just purely timing. The last pay date was on 31 December 2015. To ensure there was sufficient cash in the account to meet the payroll, there were additional funds put in on that date. Obviously, because 1 January was a bank holiday-----