Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. Cody has addressed a matter raised in the Comptroller and Auditor General's remarks, namely, managing debt, the amount of that debt, what is not collectable because of appeals and what is collectable. The Comptroller and Auditor General has pointed to a reversal in the trend and an increase in gross debt, more than a quarter of which is classified as collectable but has been subject to neither pay agreements nor enforcement proceedings. He also stated that €271 million, or 41% of the debt, was over one year old. Given the Comptroller and Auditor General's conclusions on the lack of payment agreements and enforcement proceedings on this collectable debt, why were they not in place in the first instance? Mr. Cody has addressed the question of the subsequent process.