Ms Geraldine Tallon:

We have an interest in the financial health of the local government system - a very big interest, obviously. As we have discussed here, lots of Exchequer money flows through local government so we have a considerable interest in the local government system - yes. All local government audit reports come to us. All local government audit reports are placed on our website. The Local Government Audit Service provides a composite annual report - an activity report. That activity report in the Local Government Audit Service is sent to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht. So there is a relationship, but in formal terms in the specifics of accountability, this project-----