The Audit Committee

The principal task of the Audit Committee is to oversee the management of government finances and compliance with the budget. In this task the Committee concentrates on the general state and management of government finances as well as on issues of which the Eduskunta ought to be informed. Its tasks also include deliberating various reports on government finances and preparing them to be dealt with at plenary sessions.

The Committee can accept matters belonging to its sphere of competence for deliberation and has a right to report on them to a plenary session.

The Audit Committee was created by combining the parliamentary oversight of government finances formerly performed by the Parliamentary State Auditors with the related functions performed by the administrative and audit section of the Finance Committee. In conjunction with the reform, the Parliamentary State Auditors were abolished and the work of the Office of the Parliamentary State Auditors discontinued. The task of the Audit Committee is mentioned in the Constitution and the relevant legislative amendment entered into force on 1 June 2007.