David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

How could they be surprised and shocked if some of these issues overlapped with issues of procurement that happened in 2010? That brings me to Mr. Merrick who sat on the finance committee for a time. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General contacted the chair of board. Mr. Merrick said he first became aware of this in July or August 2017 and all of this was a surprise. How was it a surprise? It strikes me that the external State auditor identified the weaknesses and not the internal controls within Kildare-Wicklow ETB. The audit committee was surprised, the finance committee and the board were surprised and knew nothing, and yet the Comptroller and Auditor General's office identified these weaknesses. How did that happen?