Mr. Pat Colgan:

It is the internal audit report which was compiled in 2009. It also stated Bytel was unable to produce an original supplier invoice for the equipment. It is important to point out that both we and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources were in the dark in respect of these issues. We were not informed of them.

The terms of reference for the ASM report commissioned by us in 2011 were very clear. We asked the consultants to look at the project, determine the eligibility of the expenditure incurred and come back to us with a determination. ASM's forensic approach, therefore, was focused entirely on the eligibility of the expenditure.