Joe Neville (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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I was surprised to hear Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board, KWETB, included because it had issues in the past. I would have expected its procurement to be clean as a whistle. I was surprised to see that.

Data breaches and-or cyberattacks jumped out a few times. That had an impact on costs. I do not have a specific question but it is something that jumped out to me.

My third point is about the €6.5 million sitting in the non-interest-bearing account. That has probably cost the State approximately €500,000 in interest that could have been earned in that period, being conservative. That is a significant cost, not to mind the fact that the property has not been bought and the costs will eventually skyrocket so we are losing on both sides. That needs to be taken away in general because it is probably not a single issue with that education and training board. It is probably endemic across the State culture so it is good the Comptroller and Auditor General noted it. We should be really conscious of it across the State sector. That was a very good point.