Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Perhaps "comfort" is not the word, but it would certainly add confidence to the families of those who depend on these funds - some of them for a lifetime if they have suffered catastrophic injury or disability - that a senior officer of the State would actually audit and oversee the funds. I think it is something that we should all personally try to advance. Given that there was no legal impediment, I cannot really understand why it has not happened until now.