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

In 2013, there were scandals involving Rehab and the Central Remedial Clinic and action was taken to strengthen oversight arrangements. The compliance unit was put in place as part of an overall governance framework but three years later, here we go again with yet another scandal. I would like Mr. O'Brien's views on the adequacy of the new arrangements in place and the governance framework.

A second question relates to the level of audit conducted on these organisations. Mr. O'Brien stated there are 1,700 different bodies and I gather from some of the documents provided that 13 of those were audited last year. Will Mr. O'Brien and Mr. McCarthy provide a view on that as a percentage of the overall numbers that the HSE is responsible for? It seems a very small and random audit figure.