Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

We were not surprised by the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report, but that is because the majority of the issues were already, if not in the public domain, then a matter of dialogue between us and what is now the ETB. However, we were surprised by the range of issues when they were brought to our attention. Their scale and the fact that they crossed various areas of VEC activity were of most concern.