Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Chapter 14 - Assessment and Collection of Insurance Compensation Fund Levies (Resumed)
Report on Administration and Movement of the Insurance Compensation Fund for the year ended 31 December 2021 (Resumed)
Comptroller and Auditor General Section 2 Report on Unauthorised release of funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (Resumed)

9:30 am

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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It is the people on this side of the table who are responsible. We are the ones who set the framework. We set the governance arrangements. I am not looking to blame anybody here. I am looking for Mr. Hogan's assistance to identify what is a clear gap so we can put forward policy amendments and change it. That is what the Oireachtas does. There is no blame game here. I am not looking to hang anybody out to dry. I am looking for the Department to help me to change the governance arrangements. I cannot do that without getting to the bottom of these questions. I ask Mr. Hogan not to be defensive about it. I have not engaged in any rough questioning-----