Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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It is stated in the Secretary General's letter. Something either has an internal audit function or it does not. It either has an audit committee or it does not. He states clearly "I have also put in place an Audit Committee and an internal audit function" and the establishment is under budget. If we are trying to pick important issues on which to adjudicate over this term I cannot see why we would immediately pick a Vote when, first, it meets its budget targets and has audit procedures in place and, second, we have such important other issues to discuss outside it. In my opinion it would come across in a very bad light if we were to start trying to adjudicate on this in a highly charged atmosphere here. There are also constitutional issues of which we have to steer clear. Maybe we could do that, I am not saying we could not, but it is very difficult to keep things objective in doing so.