Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I echo the recollection of Deputy Connolly. I cannot remember the gentleman's surname. I think his forename was John and he was an impressive person. However, there was a noticeable absence of any overview on climate change. Mr. de Búrca may be able to confirm that our food provision and other programmes have an environmental aspect which recognises that there may be by-products that might, for example, damage a water table, and that things could be done in another way. Mr. de Búrca is nodding, which I will take as a "Yes". I do not want to delay proceedings.

The only thing we have not touched on at all was suspected fraud, or rather suspected irregularities, within the Department, which is referred to in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. An investigation into the nature and scale of this was reported to be at an early stage. These accounts are from 2016. Can we have more information on that?