Public Accounts Committee:

Members | Proceedings | Reports

Public Accounts Committee: traditionally reviews the annual report of the Auditor General, selecting matters from the report on which to hold hearings. This Committee also reviews the audited accounts of the House, the Clerk's role as accounting Officer of the House, and inquires into other matters it may decide on relating to the Public Accounts of the Province. The Chair of the Public Accounts Committee is traditionally an Opposition Member.

Forty-Seventh General Assembly - 2011-2015

Constituted April 3, 2012
Membership changes are noted in the Committee's 2nd and 3rd Reports but were not found in the Journal.*
Membership changed on March 18, 2014, May 6, 2014, and November 25, 2014.

Membership at the end of the General Assembly:

• Jim Bennett – St. Barbe (Chair)
• Ray Hunter – Grand Falls-Windsor - Green Bay South (Vice-Chair)
• Eli Cross – Bonavista North
• Kevin Parsons – Cape St. Francis (former vice-Chair)
• George Murphy – St. John's East
• Tom Osborne – St. John's South *
• Calvin Peach – Bellevue *

Previous Members during the General Assembly

• David Brazil – Conception Bay East - Bell Island (former vice-Chair)
• Sandy Collins – Terra Nova
• Eddie Joyce – Bay of Islands
• Christopher Mitchelmore – The Straits - White Bay North
• Tracey Perry – Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune (former vice-Chair)
• Keith Russell – Lake Melville

Proceedings

The following list provides links to the transcripts of the Public Accounts Committee proceedings:

Review of the September 2014 Report of the Auditor General on the Review of Humber Valley Paving Ltd. - Project Number 1-12PHP	October 22, 2015	Audio Recording (morning)  Audio Recording (afternoon)
Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture – Aquaculture Industry Support	September 15, 2015	Audio Recording
Department of Transportation and Works – Use of Government Vehicles	September 15, 2015	Audio Recording
Department of Natural Resources – Newfoundland and Labrador Energy Plan	September 14, 2015	Audio Recording
Humber Valley Paving Ltd. – Project Number 1-12PHP	September 9, 2015	Audio Recording (morning)  Audio Recording (afternoon)
Department of Advanced Education and Skills – Memorial University of Newfoundland	September 8, 2015	Audio Recording
Department of Transportation and Works	July 31, 2014
Department of Natural Resources	July 30, 2014
Department of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs	July 29, 2014
Department of Health and Community Services	July 24, 2014
Department of Health and Community Services	July 23, 2014
Department of Justice	July 23, 2014
Forest Industry Diversification Program	October 17, 2013 February 18, 2014
Western Regional Health Authority	October 16, 2013
Center for Health Information	July 18, 2013 September 12, 2013 October 15, 2013
Department of Natural Resources (Growing Forward)	October 17, 2012
Service NL (Provincial Lottery Licensing)	October 16, 2012
Department of Justice (Royal Newfoundland Constabulary)	October 16, 2012
Western School District	September 20, 2012
Marble Mountain Development Corporation	August 29, 2012

Reports

Reports Issued by Committee

3rd Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts - 47th General Assembly
Tabled: December 16, 2014

2nd Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts - 47th General Assembly
Tabled: June 4, 2014

1st Report of the Standing Committee of Public Accounts - 47th General Assembly
Tabled May 13, 2013

Auditor General Reports

All Reports - Office of the Auditor General