Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses are telling us things have changed since. I hope they have. We got some information about that the last time the witnesses appeared before the committee. It is a very large amount of money and if anything could have been done to prevent it I think it is incumbent on us to make sure it is scrutinised. There seems to be quite a small number of very large payments that go through annually. I think 60 or 70 is the figure mentioned. Why would something of this size not be signed off on? Why would it not have been signed off on at the appropriate levels in advance so that all the checks and balances kicked in?