Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Before I call Mr. Walsh, I want to express the committee's concern at that situation with the financial statements that were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas with errors. I note also that they were laid late. We have now received the SEAI's corrected annual report, but we have serious concerns about how the SEAI submitted these accounts to the Department with the errors and the reasons the Department did not pick up on them. Obviously, there were issues around due diligence when accounts were being laid before the Houses. I just want to convey that to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Mr. Walsh has five minutes for his opening statement and I invite him to proceed.