Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It should be a matter of extreme concern to this committee that, as someone who is responsible for a spend of more than €13 billion in the HSE, with €3.6 billion going to sections 38 and 39 agencies, Mr. O'Brien stated that the HSE's audit function and the allocation of resources to oversight were "probably significantly" underfunded. That is not an acceptable response to provide to us, given that Mr. O'Brien is the accountable person for that considerable spend.