Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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If Professor Fitzgerald can come before this committee and tell us that the information this individual provided misrepresented the situation and the Comptroller and Auditor General is satisfied that it was deliberately misrepresented, how can he have trust in people in his organisation? Is there not a case for the board to say that there has been an absolute breakdown of trust in respect of this employee? I do not want to know the person's title or name or where they are. This is the first time I have seen the Comptroller and Auditor General saying that this person deliberately misrepresented the facts. Professor Fitzgerald is saying that person misrepresented the facts. This has cost the State €350,000, yet this person is still employed. How can the employer have trust in that? Professor Fitzgerald can talk all he likes about the changes in culture, but if that person is still in the organisation at a high level and being paid a high salary, it puts to nought much of what we have been told. I do not understand how the governing body cannot have worked on this case in terms of an absolute breakdown of trust.