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

I am not worried about that aspect of the matter. I am more concerned with trying to understand the role of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the officials in the Department who come here every week and hear all of these stories. I am just repeating what has gone on over the past few weeks. I am trying to find out from Mr. Watt, in a reasonable way, what happens after that. Is it just a hearing? Does the process end when we make a report? Are recommendations made for the future? Mr. Watt is the Secretary General of the Department. I do not mean this personally. I would like to know whether the Department is in a position to ask the various Accounting Officers to provide a comprehensive response and an indication of what they are going to do. Is it not the case that the Department is allocating the money? Is it concerned that money it has provided has been spent wrongly?