Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Regarding Athlone Institute of Technology, I am drawing attention to instances of non-compliance with national and EU procurement guidelines to a value of €1.6 million. As we have discussed previously, that is a problem across the third level sector.

The Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board report is another one which is late and should have been with the committee previously. In addition, the board did not carry out a review of the effectiveness of the system of internal financial control. Regarding the Legal Aid Board, which is No. 4.8 in the documentation, attention is drawn to a provision being made by the board in respect of an assessment raised by Revenue for incorrect tax treatment of mediators engaged by the board. On No. 4.9, the National Transport Authority has incurred cumulative non-effective expenditure amounting to €135,000 on rent and associated costs related to office space which has been sub let by the authority since July 2013. It is surplus space that the authority inherited which has a long lease. The authority has been able to sublet it but not at full cost and so far, it has incurred €135,000 in that regard.

The rest are clear audit opinions.