Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Okay. From the point of view of the Committee of Public Accounts that is very disappointing. All of us here, including the officials from the Central Bank, are all public servants. We have a job to do and we need to do it diligently on behalf of the public who put us here. This practice is very disappointing.

I thank Mr. Makhlouf for that. I accept his explanation for not being here. However, I have to say that there should have been a deputy governor here at least. I understand there are three deputy governors, is that correct?