John Cummins (Fine Gael)
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To follow on, for a council to be debating a NOAC report in September for the previous year is a good barometer. It follows the break in August. Obviously, for that to happen, information would have to be published in August in order for it to get onto the agenda in September. In terms of feedback, if the witnesses could get to that point it would be of benefit.

I apologise for being late, but I read the submissions prior to the meeting. The witnesses noted that there was an increase in terms of yields for rents and loans and there had been improvements in the areas of capital balances, fixed asset management, procurement and governance. They also said that there were continual issues in the areas of asset management, unfunded balance sheets and development contributions, and also cited procurement as one of the ongoing issues. Is there a conflict in terms of what was said regarding improvement in procurement? Is procurement an ongoing issue? It is in the opening statement on the audit.