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Accounting Officer Information

An Accounting Officer is the individual whose responsibility it is to sign off on the annual accounts of a Government Department or Office / Body. An Accounting Officer is generally the Secretary General of a Government Department or Head of an Office or Body (CEO, Director, Chairman, etc), whose funding has been Voted on in Dáil Eireann. An Accounting Officer may be appointed in two ways, firstly, by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and secondly on foot of primary legislation.