Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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We are talking about the general thing. One of the issues that has arisen from time to time is the costs of legal settlements within ETBs. Would the Comptroller and Auditor General carry out an analysis of legal settlements? I am aware of a number of incidences, anecdotally, in different parts of the country where quite substantial settlements were reached by ETBs in respect of members of the public, staff or students. They are usually accompanied by confidentiality clauses so there is very little scope, that I am aware of, for accountability around those. Is this something the Comptroller and Auditor General might look into, perhaps when he is preparing the 2020 reports?