The Garda Audit and Risk Committee also said the State’s external auditor, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), had informed the committee last March of a range of serious issues. In its 2020 Audit and Risk Report, the committee said the C&AG’s briefing was “thorough and comprehensive”. It emerged from work carried out by the Garda Internal Audit Service (GIAS). Responding, Garda HQ told the Irish Examiner that the recently appointed Garda executive director of finance had put in place procedures to keep the Audit Committee regularly informed of financial risks and developments. “The Garda Internal Audit Service and the independent Audit Committee play a key role in ensuring an effective control environment is in operation in An Garda Síochána."

Source: Irish Examiner July 21, 2021 05:26 UTC