Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence the auditors currently employed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15768/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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No auditors are currently employed by my Department. The Comptroller and Auditor General audits the Appropriation Accounts for the Defence and Army Pensions Votes under Section 3 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act, 1993. He is not employed by the Department to do so; rather he is discharging his statutory responsibility. My Department has a dedicated Internal Audit Unit which carries out a range of audits each year in order to provide assurance on the adequacy of controls in operation in the various areas of activity of the Department. The Internal Audit Unit is staffed by civil servants whom, while they have received appropriate training to carry out their work, are not qualified auditors.