Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 November 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 5: Vote Accounting and Budget Management

9:30 am

Mr. Kevin Meaney:

On the new guidelines being produced for the public spending code, it is planned to be called the infrastructure guidelines and that is due to be published very shortly. There is going to be a specific consideration of climate and climate impacts very much at an earlier stage in the project life cycle. It is not another process. In terms of the technical material and the focus all Departments should have, however, there will be a greater focus at an early stage around climate impacts and, as the Deputy said-----