Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Minister, Deputy Rabbitte, met with the board this morning for more than two hours. This was an appalling case, one from which the board members did not resile.

The report itself, while short, was very direct and clear about a litany of incompetence and issues that should not have happened. As I understand it, the board will respond to the Minister in seven days in writing in respect of its proposals to deal with the recommendations arising from the report. Deputy Dooley will be aware that significant changes have been made already in that the programme no longer runs and the team dealing with it is no longer in situ and that the director general was not in place when this happened. The Government considered the matter this morning and the board will respond to the Minister within seven days in writing and the Government will reflect on that when it comes in.

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