John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not necessarily want the name. I am curious because the accounts went to an internal audit committee and it did not see it fit to raise the issues that concerned Mr. McFeely or did not see them. The committee did not see the lack of due process or procedure around the purchase of all of these listed goods and services. As members of such a committee, the people involved over that number of years would have had a responsibility to look at the accounts and not sign off if there was a concern, as there was from Mr. McFeely. It would seem that the accounts were signed off each and every year by the audit committee with no investigation. Will the witness confirm that?

Did Mr. McFeely put any sort of note on the accounts regarding the issues? Would it not have been proper procedure in examining accounts to put a footnote regarding some of the expense items if it was felt that these were out of kilter with the normal expenditure incurred by an institute's activity? Did the audit committee sign off every year and did it see any note or reference to Mr. McFeely's concerns?