Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent)
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119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department gathers and collates data from sponsoring agencies and Departments concerning quality assurance compliance with the Public Spending Code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11028/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Public Spending Code (PSC) sets out the framework for both Sponsoring Agencies (bodies with primary responsibility for evaluating, planning and managing public investment projects/programmes) and Approving Authorities (bodies funding projects/programmes, usually Government Departments) for the overall management of public spending projects. 

A requirement of the Public Spending Code is that each Approving Authority should put in place an internal, quality assurance process involving annual reporting on how organisations are meeting their Public Spending Code obligations.

My Department does not gather and collate data concerning the quality assurance report, rather this is a matter for each individual Department.