James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If this happened in the private sector, the individuals involved would probably be terminated from their employment. It is incredibly serious and I hope this is not going on throughout the other projects around the country. It is an awful lot of money and the councillors and the community projects involved in Mayo suffered as a consequence of what I regard as serious malpractice within the local authority.

We note the Department notified the Local Government Audit Service and the National Oversight and Audit Commission. On the additional controls that were put in place after the Department engaged with both bodies, will Ms Hurley give some further information on that, please?