Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 186: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a list of the membership of her Department's audit committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17025/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The Audit Committee of the Department of Agriculture and Food consists of eight members, all but one of whom are external to the Department itself. The composition of the audit committee is as follows: Mr. John Donnelly, Chairman of the Committee. Mr. Donnelly is a Chartered Accountant and is Deputy Chairman of Hypo Real Estate Bank International. He was formerly Chairman of Deloitte & Touche. Professor Niamh Brennan. Professor Brennan is a Chartered Accountant and Michael MacCormac Professor of Management in the School of Business in University College Dublin. Mr. Michael Downes. Mr. Downes is the Group Internal Auditor of Córas Iompair Éireann. Ms M Claire O'Connor. Ms O'Connor is Chief Financial Officer of West LB Ireland and a member of the West LB CBB Audit Committee. She is a former Director of the National Disability Authority and ICC Bank plc and is an Authority member of Sustainable Energy Ireland. Mr. Eamon O'Connor. Mr. O'Connor is the Director of Internal Audit in the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. Ms Helen Nolan. Ms Nolan is a Chartered Accountant and is the Group Chief Internal Auditor with Bank of Ireland. Dr. John Thompson. Dr. Thompson is a Principal Officer in the Department of Finance, Public Expenditure Division. He has responsibility for the Agriculture and Food Vote. Mr. Aidan O'Driscoll. Mr. O'Driscoll is an Assistant Secretary General in the Department of Agriculture and Food. He has responsibility for financial systems, risk management and audit, and also for economics and planning.