Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The internal auditor was not told until March 2016, yet Mr. O'Callaghan was sitting on a committee to discuss the issues in Templemore. Did alarm bells not go off in the Department? Does Mr. O'Callaghan not think it inappropriate that he is made aware of a committee in October and sits on it in December, but it is four months before the internal auditor is told about it? Did nobody in the Department ask why they had not told the internal auditor about these issues? I have read the report of our previous discussion and find it unbelievable that four to six months pass before the internal auditor is informed by the Department that is the parent of this organisation, which has a big budget and where issues are raised such that a committee of this scale is set up.