Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Financial Statements of the Local Government Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the National Training Fund
2017 Financial Statements of the Economic and Social Research Institute
2017 Financial Statements of the Abbey Theatre
5:00 pm
Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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We had a very detailed discussion on the last occasion the Department was before this committee in terms of that aspect of transparency. Mr. Seamus McCarthy referred to the complicated nature of the funding mechanism over decades, in terms of the way things amassed. Does this move lead to transparency? Does it help the Comptroller and Auditor General, in terms of the complexity of this funding mechanism?