Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I have no doubt that it is hard enough to get people to serve on boards as it is without bringing them before the Committee of Public Accounts.

The organisation does great work. It is very valuable and it is very needed. Those are matters the organisation can discuss at the joint Oireachtas committee that covers that work. I suppose our job is to be in the nitty-gritty of the governance and the finances and we tend to concentrate on the negatives.

The previous meeting was incredibly unsatisfactory, in terms of Aasleagh House, the uninsured drivers, the contract arrangements and issues around staff numbers. There was a significant number of issues, which seem to have been responded to on the day through the HR function. Can Dr. Gallagher talk to us about some of the checks and balances that have been put in place since then to ensure that those type of issues do not arise?