Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I hear Mr. John McCarthy's protestation. I will ask a number of questions on housing, but first I want to look at the accounts and at Vote 34. Can we look at governance issues and internal financial controls on page 5? I want to go quickly through this. There were internal financial control issues in relation to the management of accommodation and homelessness funding. Weaknesses were identified. Let us take the management of accommodation. How much money was in question in relation to the issues identified? There was a procurement register which should have included expiry dates for contracts - very basic stuff - and a revised procedures manual. Very quickly, how much money was involved? Have the faults identified been rectified and are the solutions in place?