Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee (Resumed)

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I draw attention to non-compliance in 15 accounts. That is any situation where the non-compliant procurement is in excess of €500,000. I specifically named four Votes where the amount of the non-compliant procurement was in excess of €5 million in each case. That was to help the committee focus on the areas where the sums are particularly substantial. I would expect representatives of the Department of Social Protection to be before the committee. After that, it is a matter for the committee to decide if it wants to talk to the Accounting Officers for An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service or the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. There are chapters that deal with social protection so I expect the committee will be examining those. There are not chapters that relate to the other Votes I have mentioned.