Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

Did the audit not find that no proper paper trail existed? At a meeting in December 2009, was it not agreed that the omission of a proper paper trail following the first audit meant that it would be necessary to examine all funds going back to 2000? Is it not the case that there is no paper trail and that while estimates were given, the Department must now revert and get a paper trail that did not exist and was not available to FÁS at that time?

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