Committee of Public Accounts to discuss Financial Management Shared Services with National Shared Services Office

The meeting at 4pm in Committee Room 3 of Leinster House will be attended by the C&AG, Seamus McCarthy, and representatives of the NSSO including its CEO, Hilary Murphy-Fagan.

The agenda will cover:

• Appropriation Accounts 2019 - Vote 18 (National Shared Services Office); and
• Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2019 Chapter – Implementation of Financial Management Shared Services.

PAC Chairman Deputy Brian Stanley said: “The National Shared Services Office provides HR and payroll administration for government departments and public service bodies. The NSSO is currently developing a financial management shared services model designed to replace 31 different financial management and reporting systems in use across 48 government departments, offices and agencies with a single financial IT system supported by a new finance shared services centre. The project is significantly behind the original schedule and the final cost is likely to be well in excess of the €47.4million projected at the start in 2016. The Committee welcomes this opportunity to examine the C&AG’s accounts and his report on the implementation of the project with the NSSO.”

The meeting in Committee Room 3 can be viewed live on Oireachtas TV.

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