Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of the membership of his Department's audit committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17021/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Audit Committee of my Department has five members. It is chaired by Mr. Dermot Quigley former Chairman of the Revenue Commissioners and includes the Head of Internal Audit from a Government Agency and three senior Departmental officials.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a list of the membership of his Department's audit committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17022/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The Audit Committee in my Department was established in 2000.

The role of the Audit Committee is, as part of the ongoing systematic review of the business control and corporate governance procedures within the Department, to oversee and advise on matters relating to the operations and development of the internal audit function, the business control and risk management environment and the relationship with external audit.

There are six members of the Audit Committee, three of whom, including the Chairperson, are from outside of the Department. The current membership is as follows: CHAIRPERSON, Mr. MICHAEL FLYNN, Head of Internal Audit, Health Service Executive; MEMBERS, Mr. PATRICK BANAHAN, General Manager — Internal Audit, Voluntary Health Insurance Board; Mr. EOIN O'BROIN, Director of Regions, Department of Social and Family Affairs; Ms MARIE O'NEILL, Principal Officer, Department of Social and Family Affairs; Ms FIONA O'SHEA, Principal Higher, Office of the Revenue Commissioners; Mr. EDDIE RICE, Principal Officer, Department of Social and Family Affairs.