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

We will come to that shortly. In their previous visit here, on that whole issue of the second phase of the tender, pricing, price inflation and what kind of procedures and rules are around that, we were never able to get a clear answer.

On the Deputy’s point, we should write to the Secretary General of the Department of Health and ask where the report is. We should point out it is unacceptable that it is almost a year since the Committee of Public Accounts sent an invite to the development board and the Department of Health to come in here in this regard.

We delayed it. We wanted them to come before the committee immediately after Christmas but we put it back to February because the report was not ready. It has been spun along since then. At this point, if the committee is agreeable, we should write to the Secretary General and ask for the report to be furnished. If it is not furnished, we should ask for an explanation as to why not. That the Department reviewing it is not an acceptable answer at this stage. How long does it take to review it?