Seán Haughey (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)

The European Commission instructed that the draft audit report be treated as confidential and it is not intended for publication. The final audit report will be a Commission document and, as such reports are not generally considered public documents, Commission approval must be received before copies can be distributed. However, I am willing to make a statement on the progress of implementation of the issues raised in the report and my Department has replied to previous questions on this matter. It is anticipated that matters will be finalised by the end of the year. It is not expected that the Exchequer will lose money because of the substitute expenditure and we are implementing measures to deal with these issues.

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