Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 April 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 24 - Justice
Vote 21 - Prisons

9:30 am

Mr. Doncha O'Sullivan:

Okay. This is a very significant event for us. This is the only time the State has been fined in the case of a measure which we were responsible for implementing. It is very complex legislation. It introduced entirely new concepts in the area of money laundering. It also involved much engagement not just with the Attorney General and the usual parties but also with the Department of Finance, the Central Bank and so on. We were delayed. We were-----