Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 December 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Mr. Andy Harkness:

Yes, when the ultimate destination for the funds is not clear when the receipt comes in, if it went into the Exchequer there would then be a difficulty in releasing the funds from the Exchequer account. It is held in the sundry moneys account until the determination is made.