Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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We are talking about the 2022 accounts. It is now 2024, not that we should toast that fact. Note 2 in the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General states that at the end of 2022, the amount involved was €1.24 billion. Note 8 indicates further capital commitments of €217 million. We know that €40 million was allocated to get the board through that Christmas. Why were the accounts so late? Was it the case that the board was settling? What was the reason? From the point of view of what we are looking at, this is monetarily the most significant one, and it was late. Why was that?