Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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The weakness we identified is that ultimate accountability is to the local authority members in the chamber. Normal practice in smaller local authorities is that two elected members are on the audit committee along with external people with accountancy experience. Their report is presented to the councillors. The problem is that the councillors may not have the resources or adequate information to be able to scrutinise it properly. In my experience I never saw it getting the attention it deserved.