Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

2:00 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

They certainly have addressed the issue in the light of information that has come into the public domain. It was a matter that came up towards the end of the audit and we did discuss it with them. They are, I think, in the process of reviewing what they need to do. I think there is scope for them to do more, but it is an open matter at this stage. I do not want to be definitive about this. We will perhaps make recommendations to them about actions they could consider at least. The 2024 financial statements were presented, I think, just the night before they appeared here, so it is obviously open to the committee to bring them back and to discuss further with them, maybe in the autumn, what action they are taking to tighten up and to be able to provide the committee with better assurance.