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MADAM SPEAKER, I PROVIDE THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO REPORT 1: r0. 6 OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTS PRESENTED Iii THE ASSEMBLY ON 21 OCTOBER 1993.
THIS REPORT COVERS THE AUDITOR GENERALS REPORT NO. 3 OF 1993 TN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS OF GOVERNMENT:
DEBT RECOVERY OPERATIONS; AND
PUBLICLY UNACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES
THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION TO EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF BOTH THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE AND I WILL RESPOND TO EACH OF
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THESE AREAS IN TURN.
,DEBT ]RECOVERY OPERATIONS
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW BE
CARRIED OUT TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVEL FOR
_ HE ARREARS RECOVERY OPERATIONS OF THE REVENUE OFFICE.
jHE COMMITTEE CONSIDERS THIS THE BEST WAY OF RESOLVING A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AUDITOR GENERAL AND THE REVENUE OFFICE ON THE QUESTION OF AN APPROPRIATE STAFFING LEVEL FOR THE DEBT COLLECTION FUNCTION OF THE REVENUE OFFICE.
THE COMMITTEE WAS SATISFIED THAT THE REVENUE OFFICE WAS OPERATING EFFECTIVELY IN COLLECTING THE TERRITORYS TAXES.
AS THE CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE OUTLINED IN HIS PRESENTATION SPEECH, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SAVINGS IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE IF THEY CAN BE ACHIEVED BY STAFF REDUCTIONS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDITOR GENERAL, BUT THE COMMITTEE DOES NOT WANT THE CAPACITY OF THE REVENUE OFFICE ERODED BY CUTS THAT ARE NOT JUSTIFIED.
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