Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The statement in the report is attributable to the board and not to an individual:

It is regrettable. We reasonably expected that he would have regarded the board of IGB as the correct forum to raise these issues in the first instance. Had they been raised, his lack of awareness of the current operations of IGB might have been addressed and the damage to the organisation avoided.

The board referred to "lack of awareness", yet the Department says it took what he said seriously. Was that statement a little harsh?