John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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What did Mr. Harkness discover prior to 2007? The Comptroller and Auditor General referred in the annual report to delays in the process in 2004. According to Mr. Moran and Dr. Beamish, these are legacy issues. When did the Comptroller and Auditor General's office identify the problems prior to 2007? The property sale was going on for 21 years. Surely that would have raised a red flag somewhere. The debt was built up over a number of years as well. Mr. Moran has just said he is dealing with legacy issues. How did Mr. Harkness deal with them in terms of his auditing of the body that had responsibility for the harbours?