Mr. Finbarr Kelly:

In fairness, this came to my attention on 26 March and since then we have received assurances from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The committee has asked officials from the Department to come here and outline what has been done to correct the situation for the future. The Secretary General has outlined a wide variety of things he has done. I was asked a question by the Chairman and I am merely pointing out that there is no requirement of this nature in law and that is a fact. If the situation does not change, the reports will not come to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in future as a normal part of the oversight of the governance of Departments.