Dr. Deirdre Keyes:

Obviously, the Comptroller and Auditor General's report has identified an issue around subsistence which we are currently pursuing. We have analysed those subsistence claims for 2016 and 2017. I assure the committee of that. We are pursuing those subsistence claims which were outside the subsistence bands as prescribed. We have prescribed travel and subsistence rates from the Department of Education and Skills in line with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regulations for all public servants. Our travel and subsistence log is presented to the line manager. There are internal controls over that and internal checks are made by finance. They are only paid after that process has taken place.