Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 February 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board: Financial Statements 2015

9:00 am

Dr. Deirdre Keyes:

The board meets every two months. A given number of meetings is required. Again, that is set out in the Education and Training Boards Act. The required number of meetings is set out for the finance committee and the audit committee. Each of the committees has terms of reference. The finance committee reports to the board. The audit committee reports to the board. That reporting arrangement is set out.

I know that in our case the finance committee reports more regularly to our board. It is probably an area that we need to address in terms of the link between the audit committee and the reporting relationship to the board.