Ms Frances Spillane:

Deputy, we have correspondence on this going back quite some time, in particular from late 2014 when a whistleblower approached the Ministers. We have been doing our best to respond to the concerns. We have kept the Ministers fully briefed. They have met a number of whistleblowers on this issue. It is correct that the Committee of Public Accounts hearings have drawn attention to the issue but certainly the intention in getting the independent review was to try to establish the facts because it is a difficult area when people have not read the reports, Ministers have not seen the two reports. As yet, I have not seen the two reports.