Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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We must accept the Department of Education and Skills was very poor in not getting timely financial statements from education and training boards in the first place. It will say this always happens in the merging of organisations and there is always a couple of years of build-up. However, that excuse is now well worn, to be honest. We have been on the case to get the accounts done and that has resulted in some additional work as a result of that pressure. We are hearing that around the country but we are not there yet. We are now realising the internal audit function has not been adequately resourced, and that is the next step.