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

I question that, because there are other instances here. I found one instance where there was a query as to why tickets were bought at Ticketmaster, if my recollection is correct. My understanding is that the president was asked to repay that and he did so. That is proof positive that there was a system in which if enough fuss was made about a matter it would be repaid, or it would be questioned and, perhaps, much more made of it. In a press release the then chairman, Mr. O'Donoghue, said:

Never once in that period was concern about expenditure brought to my attention or that of the governing body by as much as a raised eyebrow - not by the finance function, by internal audit, by the audit committee or by the external auditor who is the Comptroller & Auditor-General. No criticism of spending by the President or the President's Office was ever voiced to me or brought up at governing body meetings, whether formally or informally.