Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Let me outline my worry as Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts. In the past year, we have had an example of a State body costing the taxpayer €700,000 because of a prepayment and the relevant company going bust. Today, the Comptroller and Auditor General tells us that, at the end of the financial year, €11 million in prepayments to the private sector were in the system for the provision of services beyond the year end. Let us all hope they are-----