Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I take Ms Stapleton's point in that during the changeover from one system to another system, HAP, there is more work at the beginning of the process than at the end. However, when the scheme was introduced in 2014, €400,000 was spent on it and €423 million was spent on it in 2019. It seems we are providing one third of the oversight in that process. I note, from the information we were given, that not only did the group meet less often, from six to two occasions, the average attendance was half of the number of members. The number of members on the oversight board is between nine and 11 people. That suggests there have been four people at a table twice a year giving oversight on HAP. In the notes, I see that the person present on behalf of the Department of Social Protection, was not actually a member of the oversight group. The person was simply an attendee from the Department. Does that provide adequate oversight of the €423 million spending in 2019?