Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023

Accounts and audit

34. (1) The Agency shall keep in such form and in respect of such accounting periods as the Minister may specify with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, all proper and usual accounts and records of all moneys received and expended by the Agency, including an income and expenditure account and a balance sheet.

(2) The accounts of the Agency shall be submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit not later than 2 months after the end of the accounting period to which the accounts relate.

(3) A copy of the accounts and the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the accounts shall be presented to the Board and the Minister within one month of the audit certificate being issued by the Comptroller and Auditor General, and the Minister shall cause a copy of the accounts and report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.