Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Ms Casey outlined a number of issues regarding the governance of the inner controls of Console and nothing was done. Mr. O'Brien said in his opening statement that the internal audit started on 19 May 2015 and finished on 14 April 2016. I would like to move on to that and ask the auditor, Dr. Smith, if she raised concerns with Mr. O'Brien at any stage during that audit, which should have taken 12 weeks, as Mr. O'Brien said in his opening statement, but took significantly longer than that. Were concerns raised? Did the HSE get legal advice on stopping the funding at that stage? Even with a rudimentary knowledge of arithmetic it would be fairly evident that there was something wrong with the accounts. What was done at that stage?