Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 June 2024
Public Accounts Committee
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works
9:30 am
Mr. John Conlon:
We carried out a few reviews after the matter came to our attention. I have mentioned the internal audit review, which is under way. We carried out a specific review of the payments approved by the senior manager in question. That was completed, and we found that no other such arrangements had been entered into. We also did a purchase-to-pay audit for the entire OPW payments system. That has been completed and its recommendations are being implemented. We have also put a number of accounting procedures in place to copper-fasten the controls in this area, and we put a new compliance unit in place in the financial services area.