Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Public Expenditure Programmes. Public Accounts Committee remit
Summary
Mitchell asked whether the Public Accounts Committee should take on the former Public Expenditure Committee’s remit. The Minister said he would not pre-empt discussions within the committee.
Is the Minister aware that the Committee of Public Accounts have undertaken an examination of their own role and the role of the Comptroller and Auditor General and that that allparty committee are of the opinion that they should extend their role to include the former remit of the Committee on Public Expenditure? Would the Minister agree, that in keeping with what has happened in Britain, it may be necessary to have a National Audit Act in this country?
