Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Public Accounts Committee

2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice and Equality

4:30 pm

Mr. Seamus Clifford:

If it would help I can provide a breakdown of the expenditure under that subhead. As the Secretary General said, it covers much more than training and development. The two biggest items of expenditure are contracted services which the Department avails of in two main areas, namely, the Department's internal audit unit and the administration of EU funds. In the EU funds unit, the Department engages about six contract staff-----