Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Next, we will discuss the accounts received since the last meeting and then we will go on to the work programme. We had the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities, which got a clear audit opinion. Athlone Institute of Technology got a clear audit opinion. Blanchardstown Institute of Technology got a clear audit opinion. The national Economic and Social Development Office got a clear audit opinion. The Local Loans Fund, which is winding down, got a clear audit opinion. The Adoption Authority of Ireland got a clear audit opinion. The Travellers Protection Fund Investment Account got a clear audit opinion.

The main purpose of our meeting is to deal with the Kildare Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, 2015 accounts. We will deal with the comments about lapses in controls and non-compliance with procurement in a moment in the public session.

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology got a clear audit opinion, but attention is drawn to the fact that the institute has incurred deficits in each of the past six years and had an accumulated deficit of €3.9 million at 31 August 2017. That is worrying.