Mr. Martin Fraser:

I did keep an eye on financial controls in Áras an Uachtaráin but, throughout the period, as I said earlier, it was suboptimal because the chair was indisposed and, therefore, it was not as good as it might have been. I did not ignore the matter, however, and I certainly had access, as I said, to management letters and audits from the Comptroller and Auditor General.