Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

It is very important.

In general terms all Government Departments will have a much more rigorous value for money audit system in place. I look forward to coming before the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service and the Committee of Public Accounts. I have written to the chairmen of both committees this week about the public service reform programme. I am interested in laying out how we can have better value for money and more accountability and transparency in how we make decisions.

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