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

Photo of Bobby AylwardBobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I am sorry I was late. I did not want to ask questions that were probably asked already. Mr. Watt spoke of the new single public service pension scheme established in 2012 under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012. The Comptroller and Auditor General report indicates that, as a result of the work completed to date, 14 bodies were making employer contributions and at 14 September 2018 these bodies had made contributions totalling €4.35 million. However, the report later states that, as of September 2018, "the Department has yet to finalise the list of all State bodies that will be required to make employer pension contributions in respect of Single Scheme employees." Will Mr. Watt explain that statement? I know the Chairman touched on it.