Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised)
Vote 8 - Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised)
Vote 9 - Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised)
Vote 10 - Tax Appeals Commission (Revised)

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I am not singling the Department out and respect what the Minister, Deputy Harris, is doing. I have no issue with that. He is doing a fine job. I am talking about the audit of all these agencies, departments and so on that the Comptroller and Auditor General is responsible for. The reform I am asking about is the obvious one of bringing everything under the Comptroller and Auditor General, in terms of the work being done by the Comptroller and Auditor General now and local government, for example. There is no policy change planned in relation-----