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
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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A circular was then issued in 2016. The Comptroller and Auditor General's report references 14 bodies. This was updated today by Mr. Watt to 16 bodies. Again, I would have liked Mr. Watt to set out in his opening statement an explanation for the delay in this regard. On page 9 of his opening statement there are three paragraphs on the single public service pension scheme. As I said, the legislation came into force in 2013 and a circular was issued in 2016, yet we are only being told today that the number of bodies is 16 rather than the 14 mentioned in the chapter. I would like Mr. Watt to set out the reason for that delay and if many more bodies are expected to come into the scheme. What has the Department done since 2013?