John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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When he wrote back to the HSE on 17 November 2009, Mr. Peelo stated, "'We undertake that the CRC as a voluntary organisation will itself fund the excess of salaries concerned as identified by the HSE, with effect from the 1st of June, 2010." My belief is that the HSE knew about all of this all along and that it turned a blind eye to it. That is what the correspondence indicates to me. There was an audit committee in existence under this board until the recent establishment of the directorate and it should also have known the position. That committee was negligent in its duties. Does the directorate have the same responsibilities as a board? Are there audit and remuneration committees in place?