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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Catherine Connolly: We will be returning in the afternoon.

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 welcome the witnesses. It is good to see gender representation. I quoted the CSO's opening statement yesterday: "good policies start with good data" and "Good data is the lifeblood of decision making and the basis for accountability." The CSO is the most important organisation or body to appear before us. In a time of post-truths and fake news, we must be able to rely on statistical...

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.