Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I know and accept that, but that is not really my question. My question relates to the fact that the scenario since 2006 has been that various alerts were put in place which, for various reasons that we have not fully got to the bottom of, were never checked out. My point is that in such scenarios, such alerts should trigger audits. I am trying to get beyond the technicality of statements to the effect that the HSE did not have a process by which a financial audit would have happened.

I am trying to get to the point of whether there was any initiative in the HSE to consider if there were any problems. Was there any foresight to ask if the issues raised should be checked out, as the normal net of financial checking and auditing had not worked? Was it basically a case of boxes being ticked so the area would not be opened? Was it a case of ensuring the HSE was covered in paperwork rather than ensuring public money had been spent appropriately?