Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What I am getting at is whether there is anyone with financial expertise. There is a significant financial expertise in Mr. Moran's Department overseeing this. There is a large sum of money going to Irish Water - a cartload with creels on it. From the public's perspective, the concern, which has been a concern since the body was established, is that no audit conducted by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Mr. Moran said that his Department writes the cheque, and that is how it is structured and that is the role that the Department has been given. However, neither the Department of Finance or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is overseeing the payment of this money to Irish Water and getting detailed reports on its business plans, income, expenditure and financial practices.