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

I thank Mr. McCarthy for that report. In regard to the Beaumont Hospital audit, obviously it is not just one issue. There is a range of issues there. As a committee we should correspond with it to find out what it has done to address the four issues. On the governance issue, does it have a permanent chair now? How soon will it have a permanent chair? On the failure of the board to review the effectiveness of controls as required by the code of practice, is it now actively doing that? On the breaches in controls regarding the payroll overpayment, what steps has it taken to prevent that from happening? The non-compliant procurement is fairly significant. It is almost €17 million, or 11% of non-pay expenditure. I propose that we should write to the board in regard to those four matters because it seems that a number of issues there are not as tidy as they should be and need to be addressed. Actions need to be taken. We should ask in correspondence for them to address these matters and come back to us in a timely manner on what measures it is taking in regard to each one.