Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am saying the role of oversight is not an audit function in the Department. Any oversight arrangement would have regard to the normal approach of dealing with commercial State bodies. It is the day-to-day running. Oversight is a matter for the board. The code of practice for governance and the State bodies is set out in the obligations of State bodies. Having said that, I am saying to the Deputy that if the expert advisory groups come back and say that maybe something else needs to be added to the verification process, and if there are key things to be learned by the Department on strengthening processes, then we are absolutely willing to take that on board.