Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

Question 53: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to establish a new unit within his Department, through legislation that will have authority to audit and to identify areas of compliance, financial and programme value for money audits with investigation powers including fraudulent activities, to oversee the work of external auditors, to examine problems and carry out special assignments identified by the Comptroller and Auditor General, and to establish a fraud and waste hotline programme in his Department [28463/11]

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