Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Rather than me digressing into the Irish language, I would love to come back to Mr. Finnegan on it another time. If people are not taking up the classes, we need to look at that. There is an inverse relationship between the amount of empathy and sympathy for and delight in the Irish language and the rate of its decline. We have a serious challenge but I will park the issue for the moment. On the rats, I take comfort from the fact that they have not deserted us. The ship is not sinking yet. It looks like we might be back and there is no election looming.

On the accounts, I will address the fraud issue first. On page 4 of the report, Mr. Finnegan states in note 6.2 that he has disclosed an alleged fraud but he cannot really say much about it. When did it come to his attention?