Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 343: To ask the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's audit committee; the chairperson and the number of occasions on which it has met in the past 12 months and the agenda of the meetings. [32564/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The membership of the audit committee of the Department of Finance is: Mr. Michael Flynn, chairperson, head of internal audit, Health Service Executive; Mr. Peter Crilly, director of audit, Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited; Ms Anne Vaughan, principal officer, Department of Social and Family Affairs; Mr. Aidan Dunning, assistant secretary, Department of Finance; and Ms Judith Brady, principal officer, Department of Finance.

The audit committee meets quarterly and in the past 12 months met in December 2004, March, June and October 2005. The agenda of the meetings covered: minutes of previous meetings; internal audit unit staffing, reports and work programme; ERDF financial control unit staffing, reports and work programme; risk management; audit committee role and responsibilities; presentations and meetings relevant to work of the committee; and any other business.