Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 May 2004
244 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has appointed an audit committee for her Department; its members, charter, number of meetings to date; if it has issued any reports to her or to the Secretary General. [15063/04]
View answerAn audit committee for my Department was appointed in late 2000 and held its first meeting in December 2000.
The current membership is five, three of whom, including the chairperson, are external to the Department. The current members are: Ms Sylda Langford, chairperson, assistant secretary, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; Mr. Michael Flynn, deputy chairperson, director of internal audit, Department of Agriculture and Food; Mr. Patrick Banahan, general manager — internal audit, Voluntary Health Insurance Board; Mr. Eoin O'Broin, regional director, Department of Social and Family Affairs; and Mr. Eddie Rice, decisions advisory officer, Department of Social and Family Affairs.
The Audit Committee operates under a written charter, which was signed by the chairperson and by the Secretary General in July 2002. To date, 14 meetings have been held. To date, the audit committee has issued an annual report to the Secretary General in respect of the period to end-2001 and in respect of the year 2002.
