Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Murphy and his team and congratulate him. It is a proud achievement for Ireland, as well as himself. I want to ask a few general questions and a few specifics that he may not be able to answer. I want to drill down as we did the last time we had a conversation about expenditure in Ireland. My first general question is, what is the consequence when the Court of Auditors comes to an adverse opinion? Often when we look at the commercial world auditors finding things seems to have no consequence. Is there a consequence in terms of additional scrutiny of a country, of a programme or of anybody being held to account? What exactly happens in terms of an adverse opinion?