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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. Dalton mentioned three areas - financial, statistical and technological - but what particular risks has the CSO identified?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What other risks? I am being conscious to focus my questions.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What does that mean?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Who does the formal quality aspect?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Who does that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What happens on the financial side?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: There is a management board over the CSO. Is that correct? I saw that mentioned in some of the briefing materials.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What is the management board and who comprises it?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is Mr. Dalton.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Is there any independent or peer review, or whatever the appropriate term is, of what the CSO is producing?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: What is that procedure?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Are the minutes of that management board published?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: That is good. I just wanted to clarify that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: In his opening statement, Mr. Dalton spoke about staff and recruitment. It is an important issue. What is the total number of staff in the CSO?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I am sorry, what did Mr. Dalton say?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Does the CSO have a full complement of staff to carry out its work?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: How many vacancies are there?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Just give me a minute because I lose my train of thought. There are 860 staff in the CSO and 30 vacancies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: Mr. Dalton stated there is some complexity with that total. Regarding the vacancies, how long have those posts been vacant?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: I understand. The CSO is the most important body to come before us. We have had body after body before us giving us reassurances. I am only trying to establish the facts.