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

What concerns me about this site is that it was purchased and supported by the Department and it took a television programme to highlight it. Now we are asking the internal auditors to look at it. Again, to my mind, it shows a weakness within the Department and within that audit unit that these things happen. I that the Department does not get everything right - none of us does - but half a million euro of taxpayers' money is a substantial amount. I would love to see the report that is being carried out on the issue with up-to-date valuations and so on.