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

To understand the levy accounts, a branch has a levy account for its members' contributions. I heard all of what Mr. O'Flynn had to say about it. I merely want to establish whether it was unusual - I understand it was not a standard levy account, but Merrigan was calling it a levy account - that so much could be spent from one levy account. Did somebody ask, "How many members do you have over there in that branch because you seem to be spending a great deal of money out of this levy account?" Did it sound an alarm bell for someone that there were no members there and that it should not have been called a levy account? Did someone - not necessarily someone senior or someone who was around the system at the time - begin to ask questions as to why there were no members with a significant levy account and a significant number of members with very little of a levy account?