David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is not an ordinary audit. Its findings are extraordinary. In Mr. O'Brien's experience, has he seen an internal audit before that had 60 findings all categorised as high, and also a report from his own auditors which states that many of them have national implications for the HSE? I am sure Mr. O'Brien is aware that auditors are very careful about the language that they use and they do not use words lightly. When they say that this has national implications for Mr. O'Brien's organisation, it is serious. They have not put that in there lightly. It would seem Mr. O'Brien does not grasp that reality.

One cannot just say that all of the failings were on the side of Console. We acknowledge them and we will possibly at some point deal with those as well but our job here is to ensure that there are proper controls, safeguards and checks and balances in place in respect of taxpayers' money and funding coming from Mr. O'Brien's organisation to Console. The report and the findings of the audit are littered with failures but it seems Mr. O'Brien is not prepared to accept even the internal audit's view, not mine, that this report has national implications for his organisation.