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

I will move on because I am conscious of the time. I apologise if I am being abrupt to Ms Higgins now.

I would like her to please look at the expenses, travel and accommodation costs for staff and the board from 1 January 2014 to 21 November 2016. When I looked at this initially for 2014 to 2016, staff expenses, staff accommodation and staff travel looks as if it has gone down but not if one reads it downwards.

Staff accommodation and travel expenses for 2014 and 2015 amounted to €14,834.51 and €14,788.57, respectively. Post-review, in 2016, accommodation and travel expenses amounted to €11,978.04. That does not suggest to me there has been any radical change. In regard to the board, travel and accommodation expenses in 2014 and 2015 amounted to €11,744.03 and €27,170.19, respectively. In 2016 the figure was €10,688.73 which is comparable to the 2014 figure. I will comment later on the services provided by Caranua. In terms of expenses, I do not believe there was any radical change between 2014 and 2016.