Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 July 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Changes to Public Spending Code: Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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In 2021, the Department introduced the external assurance process. What was the rationale for replacing the Department-led assurance process - the technical reviews - with the private consultant-led assurance process?