Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:30 am
Mr. Seamus McCarthy:
No.1 is the Health and Social Care Professionals Council's financial statements for 2022.
They received a qualified audit opinion. In my view, the accounts give a true and fair view except that they account for the costs of retirement benefit entitlements of staff only as they become payable. That is a standard situation in many of the health bodies.
The Medical Council received a clear audit opinion for 2022.
The Social Insurance Fund is one of the largest accounts I audit, with a turnover of over €15 billion. It received a clear audit opinion. However, I draw attention to four chapters in my report on the accounts of the public services for 2022, which I already outlined when I presented the Department of Social Protection Vote, so I will not delay the committee.
The National Library of Ireland received a clear audit opinion for 2022.
An Foras Teanga, or the Language Body, is one of the statutory North-South bodies. The financial statements refer to 2021 and received a clear audit opinion.
The Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board received a clear audit opinion for 2022.
The Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Ireland received a clear audit opinion for 2022.