Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay, but very quickly. I have a few quick questions to put to Mr. Ó Foghlú and Mr. O'Toole. I believe that Mr. O'Toole has to leave but that his team will stay with us for the afternoon. Mr. Ó Foghlú said in his opening statement that two of the 16 ETBs submitted their accounts within the statutory period of three months while the remaining 14 did not. Quite a few of them came in late and we have them now. This is why the witnesses are before us today. I would like to know what Mr. Ó Foghlú did, as Secretary General and as gatekeeper, since he realised in April that 14 of the bodies under the aegis of his Department had not complied with their statutory duties. Did he do anything? Just a quick response please, as after today's meeting I will tell him what it was that he should have been doing. Did he take any action other than to show concern? Did he contact the 14 ETBs that had missed-----