Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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That was the question and the subject on which I wanted to get a full understanding. We know what the Comptroller and Auditor General does but it is retrospective. I am trying to find out if Mr. Watt's Department has a proactive role in ensuring that the standards and guidelines that it has put in place are being adhered to. What does intervention by the Department look like in terms of ongoing expenditure? Is it a case that the Department puts in place the guidelines and the first we hear of any mess-up, misspending or failure to adhere to those guidelines is when a story breaks in the media or the Comptroller and Auditor General gives us a report a year or two later? Is there an intervention process and does that happen?