Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 June 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
9:30 am
Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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In the case that another Department finds an issue around control and accountability with regard to use of taxpayers' money within a local authority and it is not picked up by the local government audit team, is the team communicated to with regard to the findings on the issues that have been raised around appropriation of spending codes and use of public money? It is concerning that it is not picked up by the local government audit team but by another Department that does different types of audits but also carries out spot checks on the use of money. This was picked up in a random check. It was not done on an annual basis by the local government audit team.