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Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What is the deadline for its completion?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is important because Mr. Beausang said that is one that has to be done first before the Department makes decisions. Roughly, when will that be made?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Just the date.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Recommendations were made - we are not experts - and Mr. Moran says there are difficulties and he cannot go from cash to the accrual basis. I understand that. They have to look at it. Mr. Moran said clearly that the first big thing is to get the financial shared management. We have heard details on that before and nothing can happen until it is done. No decisions can be made.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am not questioning that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Lovely. So now-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Decisions cannot be made until that is ready and it will not be ready for two more years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am leaving the decision alone. I am just asking about the preliminary steps. This is a preliminary step that will not be completed for at least two years. Am I exaggerating?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am not criticising, I am simply-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am seeking to establish the facts. That is all. When the IMF set these, they were non-obligatory and the Department did not have to follow them. Did the officials accept most of them and have they gone back to the IMF to say we cannot do this? What exchange has there been since 2013?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: When was that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: It is not reassuring to me. If the IMF says this and the Department is happy to go with it, but it is not really, there must be a procedure to go back and say the IMF has set targets or recommendations the Department cannot achieve.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I am no fan of the IMF and I accept that. It is just the time span. At some stage - it is now 2018 - we have to say to the IMF that we are not following that because it does not make financial sense to us.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I think there was one recommendation on consolidating the financial statements. I forget what it was.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: That is right. It comes up all the time in other situations. I thank the Chairman.

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Do the witnesses accept that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: Does Mr. Beausang accept that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: What is the timescale for giving consolidated accounts?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: From which page is the Comptroller and Auditor General reading?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Catherine Connolly: I think it is something that should be discussed separately from this. I do not think we can answer that.