Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I believe that there could be some closing of accounts. We are aware of all of these accounts. Some of them have very minor sums and some are dormant. They could be tidied up. A substantial number of them are impressed accounts for each district, which is used for what is effectively petty cash, paying local expenses and so on. That would already give rise to a significant number of accounts.