Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will leave it with my next point, as this is the Committee of Public Accounts. I acknowledge that 691 applicants got awards. I acknowledge the Ombudsman's statement that some of the people whom residents dealt with were good, friendly and professional. There is a balancing exercise, but the Ombudsman also refers more than once to maladministration of the scheme. I do not accept the Department's interpretation of that. It is not learning if that is what it maintains. I suggest that Ms McPhillips read the report.