Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development
Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2021
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
9:30 am
Ms Mary Hurley:
That data are still available on the Benefacts IT system. People can still access that data. The issue is, in terms of it being updated, the data are there from a point in time. What we do going forward, having considered the scoping exercise, very much depends on what way we go with the new system. Whatever way we go we will be compliant with whatever procurement rules apply. Indeed, part of the consideration of Benefacts by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform was around the issue of procurement and value for money going forward. Certainly, we will absolutely have regard to whatever system we put in place.