Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 March 2019
591. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff in her Department engaged in the audit of funded programmes; the level of qualifications of each, for example, part or fully qualified accountants; and the number of on-site audits carried out for each of the programmes managed by her Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [11481/19]
View answerThere are three staff members in situ in the Internal Audit Unit in the Department:
1) The Head of Internal Audit – CIMA Qualified (Professional Accountant Grade 1)
2) Higher Executive Officer – Certificate in Audit Skills (IPA) with 4/5 years of experience working in the Internal Audit Unit in the Department.
3) Executive Officer – Accountant Technician (ATI) and Certificate in Audit Skills (IPA)
All staff in the unit are involved in the audits of funded programmes.
Internal Audit also has access to internal audit services provided by Internal Audit Consultants under the management of the Head of Internal Audit. These consultants were procured under the OGP (Office of Government Procurement) Framework for the provision of Accounting, Audit and Financial Services. As part of the requirements a senior consultant is appointed for each project and is required to be a qualified accountant/auditor.
Oversight of the Internal Audit function is provided by the Department’s Audit Committee.
A list of audits completed by Internal Audit in the Department is listed in Table A:
Table A
|
Name of Audit |
Audit Issued |
|
2015 (5) |
|
|
Desktop Review of Policy and Procedures |
January |
|
Support Services Audit |
January |
|
Programme Integration Programme - POBAL |
July |
|
National Children Detention Facility |
July |
|
Children Referendum 2012 |
October |
|
2016 (6) |
|
|
Transactions Audit |
March |
|
Review of Policies and Procedures |
July |
|
Governance Arrangements in respect of Tusla |
June |
|
Technical Security Assessment |
April |
|
Review of Appropriation Account Preparation |
November |
|
Data Protection Assessment |
November |
|
2017 (8) |
|
|
CCS Audit 2016 - Lookback Exercise |
February |
|
Affordable Childcare Scheme Project |
March |
|
Transactions Audit |
March |
|
Tusla Payments |
June |
|
Youth Affairs Grants |
October |
|
Bank reconciliations, Petty Cash, Credit Card in DCYA |
November |
|
DCYA Governance Arrangements |
December |
|
Financial Processes in Oberstown Campus |
December |
|
2018 (14) |
|
|
DCYA Internal Report into Incident of Theft |
January |
|
Risk Management Policy and Process in DCYA |
March |
|
Review of Governance Arrangements in respect of Tusla |
April |
|
Review of Implementation of Recommendations in relation to Honesty Box Procedures |
May |
|
Review of Bank Reconciliation, Petty Cash & CC Controls |
June |
|
Procurement Processes and Controls 2017 |
June |
|
Desktop Review of Documented Financial Policies and Procedures |
September |
|
AIM (Access and Inclusion Model) Review |
September |
|
Transaction Audit 2018 |
September |
|
SLAs for Commissioning Arrangements - ABC (Area Based Childhood) Programme |
September |
|
SLAs for Commissioning Arrangements - Early Years |
September |
|
SLAs for Commissioning Arrangements - Youth Organisations & Services |
September |
|
ECCE and PIP High level follow up review on 2014 and 2015 reports |
December |
|
Review of Business Continuity and Technical Disaster Recovery Management |
December |
