Ms Anne Clarke:

No. It is the fact that we went to the regional consultations where people expressed a total no and how this is not going to work. Every company must produce financial statements which are audited through Revenue or whatever. The information one has is there, so what is this new element? We received a letter on 24 October of this year, which states what we have to do this. It is all in our agreement. Nobody denies the fact that we need validated financial reports because it is Exchequer funding so it has to be reported on but that must be done that in line with the financial year.

On 24 October 2023, Revenue sought validated financial returns for the year 1 September 2022 to 31 August 2023. That means a report on something that happened two years ago.