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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)

Peter Burke: To focus on the accounting methods used, the IMF's report was published on 16 July 2013 and made various recommendations. In terms of having real-time information or as close to it as possible, I note the requirement for the Comptroller and Auditor General to publish audited accounts which should be ready for scrutiny by June. No progress has been made on this recommendation. I believe...

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

Peter Burke: There is a very clear red dot in the report.

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

Peter Burke: The recommendation that the Comptroller and Auditor General be required to submit audited accounts to Parliament by June.

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

Peter Burke: I am asking Mr. Beausang, not the Comptroller and Auditor General. The report suggests no action has been taken. If legislation is required, at what stage is it? Has the Department looked at it in providing information in a timely manner?

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

Peter Burke: Does Mr. Beausang accept that the measure specifically would enhance fiscal transparency, as we would have access to information earlier?

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

Peter Burke: Obviously, when looking at it on a cash accounting basis the focus is very narrow. We cannot see pension obligations or many other liabilities that may be contingent in that regard. The United Kingdom has made a lot of progress in that regard, but we seem to be lagging behind. The Chairman is always very eager to have accounts in on time and the committee sees various bodies. I am not...

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

Peter Burke: Even then, there are huge risks in terms of a cash basis for someone reading the accounts, interpreting the information, and assessing the data. There are shocks and liabilities. One can see that in recognising the valuation for fixed asset holdings and contingent liabilities that might be associated with them, when one tries forensically to go through notes attached to different...

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

Peter Burke: This is on fiscal transparency. My concerns if I were reading this as a report card, which would form the kernel of the issue and which are highlighted by the key red symbols, would be transparency in reporting requirements, trying to ensure that contingent liabilities are reflected, and trying to ensure the information is available in a timely manner. That is where my concerns lie....

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

Peter Burke: Does the Department look at the UK and similar jurisdictions to see how its procedures have progressed?

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

Peter Burke: I understand where Mr. Beausang is coming from but I believe it is of value. The UK is providing more information and, as an accountant, I am fearful when dealing with cash accounting or a central fund that not all the data is there and that there are significant liabilities. Sometimes, when the appropriation accounts come to us, we find ourselves searching through notes within those...

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

Peter Burke: Okay, I will take the last ten minutes later.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 34. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the radiology unit for the Regional Hospital Mullingar as outlined in the Capital Plan 2016-2021 which will host the MRI scanner which was fundraised by a group (details supplied); the timeframe for the establishment of the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (19 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 59. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to build a neurorehabilitation unit in County Longford; the progress that has been made in relation to this matter in the past number of months; when business cases were received by the HSE in relation to the establishment of such a unit; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16740/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [17228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Inspection Service Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department fills vacancies that arise from a panel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17219/18]

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the regional enterprise development fund can help drive job creation in midlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16179/18]

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I want to ask the Minister about the regional enterprise development fund to help drive job creation. Phase one of the fund was the Minister's first official engagement in her current role. She came to the Irish Manufacturing Research, IMR, facility in Mullingar to launch the first phase at the National Science Park. We were delighted to receive an allocation of €2.1 million for all...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister, and I welcome the announcement of the second round of the fund, which will be very welcome. She visited Mullingar with me a number of months ago. We visited Trend Technologies, TEG and Robotics & Drives, companies that are operating at the cutting edge of technology. I am fully confident that these companies will grow rapidly and provide huge employment in the...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: I thank the Minister. We are all very well aware that the labour market grew by 2.9% last year, adding approximately 60,000 new jobs. Seven out of every ten new jobs is now created outside the commuter belt of Dublin, Wicklow and Kildare, which is of huge benefit to rural areas. It is projects like this that will inject new life into our provincial towns. Mullingar is a leading town in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Funding (18 Apr 2018)

Peter Burke: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund 2017-2020 will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16178/18]