Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 November 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

No. 1 is the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board financial statements for the year of account 2022. They received a clear audit opinion but I drew attention to disclosure of a material level of non-compliance with procurement rules by the board.

No. 2 is the City of Dublin Education and Training Board for 2023, which received a clear audit opinion. In that case, I drew attention to two matters. First was the disclosure of a material level of non-compliance with procurement rules. Second was student grant overpayments unrecovered at 31 December 2023 to the value of €4.7 million, of which €2.4 million was outstanding for more than six years.

No. 3 is the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment for 2023, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 4 is the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal special account for 2023, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 5 is a related account, the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal reparation fund for 2023, which received a clear audit opinion.

No. 6 is the accounts of the National Tourism Development Authority, or Fáilte Ireland, for 2023, which received a qualified audit opinion. In my view, the accounts give a true and fair view except that they do not account for a deferred retirement benefit funding asset in respect of one of the authority's four pension schemes.