Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 October 2018
Public Accounts Committee
2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 6 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 2 - Collection of Pension Contributions due to the Exchequer
Chapter 3 - Control of Funding for Voted Public Services
Chapter 5 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Vote 11 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 99: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2015
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 100: Public Sector Financial Reporting for 2016
9:00 am
Mr. Robert Watt:
The decision would be made to have a review - I believe it is more properly called an investigation - at which point the Deputy would be informed that an allegation had been made against him. As part of the investigation the person would be given the opportunity to give his or her side of the story, depending on the nature of the disclosure made. In the actual management, conduct and operation of the investigation, if the Deputy was the subject of the complaint, he would not be involved. I know that he is aware of the guidelines which he has mentioned previously to me.
We are very conscious that people in the Department have confidence, if it is a review within the Department, that we have a panel of individuals who are respected, trusted and trained, and who would do a thorough independent job when it comes to investigating any-----