State spending watchdog will use budget boost to deliver audits in ‘timely’ manner

Review of Comptroller and Auditor General found ‘gaps and shortfalls’ that led to delays in carrying out its remit

Seamus McCarthy, Comptroller and Auditor General: the state spending watchdog managed to obtain a €305,000 increase in its staffing budget by promising to carry out more audits on public bodies in a ‘timely’ manner.