Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. (Mrs.) Chamindranee Kiriella asked the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development to clarify the respective roles of the Central and Provincial Departments of Co-operative Development in relation to Co-operative Rural Banks, including responsibility for audits. She requested annual figures from 2015 onward for CRBs audited by each level of department and asked whether the Minister was aware of alleged large-scale financial frauds by CRB boards linked to improper auditing. She also sought details of measures to ensure proper annual audits and prevent such frauds.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Question to the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Co-operative Development:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House— (i) the functions of the Central Government Department of Co-operative Development and the Provincial Councils’ Departments of Co-operative Development regarding Co-operative Rural Banks (CRBs); (ii) whether auditing of CRBs rests with those departments; (iii) if so, the number of CRBs audited annually by the Central Department and by the Provincial Departments from 2015 to date, separately; (iv) whether he is aware that, due to improper auditing, boards of CRBs have committed large-scale financial frauds; and (v) if so, the measures to ensure proper annual audits to prevent such situations?
¶ 03 (b) If not, why?
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