Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

We will take them in sections. I am happy to take questions on individual ones as we go. I have grouped the financial statements into categories. The first is departmental funds, the finance accounts for 2022. These had a turnover of €80.6 billion and received a clear audit opinion. The second is the local government fund account for 2022. This had a turnover of €886 million and received a clear audit opinion. The third is the credit union fund for 2022. This is a much smaller fund and it received a clear audit opinion.

With regard to the 68 sets of accounts and financial statements, one thing that is quite clear is that the focus of the committee on the early submission of accounts has worked. There are very few cases in which there has been a delay, which is great to see. That is something that had been a problem in the past. Was the Chair going to ask a question?