Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I think a few things there are incorrect. I remember that the last time, or several committee meetings ago, Deputy Carrigy asked me to resign at that point. I should say that nothing was hidden here. This is very different from what was in 2023. Neither of these were on my watch. I have been trying to clear up what happened in the past. I have looked at this issue in some detail, as the Deputy would expect me to, since it surfaced through the Department making that query. This is very different. The 2023 scandal was about things being done deliberately to mislead the public about sums of money being spent and covered up. This was in the accounts. It was questioned by NewEra. It is highly unfortunate to lose this amount of money. The impairments were made. The organisation did end up with an updated finance system, which is significant. In fact, the majority of the project was successfully delivered in the end. This is very different from 2023. Sums of money were lost. I have spoken to one or two members who were then on the ARC and they felt it had been properly accounted for, it had been audited by our auditors and it had been reported to NewERA when it asked about it. Nothing was hidden here. That is not to say it was not unfortunate. Quite frankly, and I have spoken to the CFO about this, if we were to make a similar impairment - God forbid we will not have to - it would be much clearer in the accounts today than it was several years ago.