Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I am very pleased to see this report. The previous committee examined a special report of mine where we suggested that an annual report like this would be published. The committee agreed and it became a recommendation of the committee. This is in response to work of the Committee of Public Accounts and is very useful for the reasons outlined by Deputy Carthy. Perhaps the committee might like to know that recently an Irish man, Tony Murphy, was appointed as president of the Court of Auditors. He visits Dublin from time to time and I am sure he would be happy to come before the committee and talk about the work of the Court of Auditors.