Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the dates in 2024 on which his Department has received each of the 2023 audited financial statements and 2023 annual reports from each State agency under the remit of his Department, in tabular form; if he has received any of the 2024 audited financial statements and 2024 annual reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7187/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Financial Reporting obligations of the aegis bodies under the remit of my Department are informed, as appropriate, by the relevant legislation underpinning the aegis bodies and also by the requirements of the 2016 Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

In relation to Financial Statements which have to be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), it is at the C&AG's discretion the order in which his Office audits the financial statements of State Bodies, including those under the remit of my Department.

There are currently 15 bodies under the aegis of my Department of which 14 are required to provide the Department with Annual Reports and Financial Statements - 4 commercial bodies, 8 non-commercial bodies and 2 regulatory bodies. The Mining Board is an Appellate body which comes under the aegis of my Department but as such it is not obliged to submit an Annual Report and Financial Statements.

The information for 2023 and 2024 as requested by the Deputy is summarised in tabular format attached below.

**Eirgrid Financial Year is 1 October to 30 September.

2024 Annual Reports and Audited Financial Statements received:

·2024 Eirgrid Annual Report was received by the department on the 7^th of February 2025.

·Bord na Móna 2024 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements were received by the department on the 21^st of June 2024.