Ms Niamh Larkin:

At the moment, it is set out in the regulations that we present our report to the audit committee, which prepares a report for the council. That is the mechanism under the regulations at the moment as to how our issues are reported back to the council. Each council member receives a copy of our report and can raise any questions to the local authority about it. However, the mechanism at the moment requires a local government auditor to meet with the audit committee and present his or her report before the audit committee prepares a report for the council.