Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask some questions.

On the issue of financial accountability, the question of the children's hospital is on people's minds. There are many State and semi-State bodies accountable to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for the spending of public funds. The Department is accountable to the Committee of Public Accounts, including for NewERA. What is the role of the Department's internal audit unit in respect of the agencies within its remit? When the unit raises matters of significance in respect of State bodies which are not referenced later in the reports of the Committee of Public Accounts, what intervention, if any, is made by the unit?