David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Just one second. I am trying to be fair to Ms Licken as an Accounting Officer. Whatever examination the regulator does, as Ms Licken said, is a matter for the regulator. Ms Licken has made my point for me. It is doing its work to look at compliance in different areas. What I am trying to establish is what examination will be done to look at potential failures in the Department. What we do in this committee is a look-back on the spending of money and if mistakes were made we hope people and organisations learn from them. There is very little sanction when there is any wrongdoing other than appearances by Accounting Officers, like Ms Licken, before the committee. It is an obvious question to ask. Is the regulator going to examine potential failures within the Department? If it will not examine potential failures in the Department, I suggest the Department does that exercise.