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
Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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TII has published its accounts, which show a figure of €2.1 million under the heading of consultancy fees, yet under the business as usual outsourcing heading, there is a figure of €86.1 million. That is an astronomical difference. It is an astronomical consultancy fee. What a difference? That is not being transparent. How can the Committee of Public Accounts hold State bodies to account if we do not get accurate and transparent accounts? If the Department is not too bothered about that either, where will change come from?