Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What has Mr. Conlon done to ensure that? We would all expect the people charged with the responsibility of spending taxpayers' money would have regard to that. They clearly did not, which is why we are here. What would be Mr. Conlon's level of expectation? Has he checked the qualifications of staff? It has been reduced down to a threshold of €200,000. That is still a phenomenal amount of money. Has Mr. Conlon made sure every person under his remit, with the responsibility of spending €200,000, has in fact got those qualifications and they are up to date?

I have a qualification from college but I would hesitate before I would use it because it is an awful long time ago. Do they have current skills in terms of financial management or that part of project management which encompasses value for money?