Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

There has been an improvement since we did the first report on the timeliness of accounting presentation of reports to the Oireachtas. At that stage about one third were being submitted within three months of the end of the period of account. We are preparing another report relating to 2016 which indicates that about 50% of them are received by us within three months of the end of period of account. That is a significant improvement already.

With the focus the committee has put on it in the past year when it examined those special reports, we will see a step-up again. I am working on a report on the presentation of accounts for 2016. I hope to have that completed in May.