Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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Are the criteria still the same, namely, language, experience and two others? The existing panel is coming to an end. Why has there been a delay in putting a new panel together? I understand the Department is extending the current roster to the end of the year. If that is the case, why was a new panel not picked before now? Who carries out the assessment process for the new roster?