Ms Mary Hurley:

No, there were not, because part of the process was a review of the CLÁR projects and town and village projects in Mayo, and they did not turn up any issues. We also did a further check across the country. No other issues came to light.

If it is all right with the Deputy, I will mention the controls in place for the past year. Following on from these issues, we put controls in place whereby we were doing a 100% prepayment check, post-payment checks, the officials in my Department were meeting with Mayo on a monthly basis, and we were overseeing a very detailed programme of reform and of corrective action within Mayo County Council. It has been a long year and Mayo County Council officials have worked hard to improve and there are new arrangements in terms of certification and director of service sign-off. My own officials have been fantastic in terms of just getting stuck into the work and making sure value for money is achieved. In all of this, and the Deputy has said it, we owe it to the community and people of Mayo to get it right and make sure projects are delivered because the types of projects that are delivered under ORIS make such a difference. There are bridges and playgrounds, and they are fantastic projects, so it is important to get it right.