Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 October 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Chapter 4 - Reallocation of Voted Funding
9:30 am
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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I appreciate that. The Department has visibility of where the money is going, but it does not sound like there is a conversation about whether that is enough spending, whether it is correct and whether it will deliver at the end of the year. If there is constant visibility, is spending of 30% under profile acceptable? Are other Departments under profile? Which Departments have spent above profile at this point in the year? This is an important year from an inflationary management perspective. We want to spend capital that is there for a range of different reasons. Which Departments are spending over profile now?