Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tánaiste, it is very clear. Given the scale of the discrepancies of nearly 1 million, the scale of discrepancies in the southern region would have run into hundreds of thousands. The Tánaiste is asking us to believe that nobody said to anyone in her Department that discrepancies had been identified but they were not going to say what level of discrepancies had been identified, and that they were conduct a national audit and report to the Tánaiste. They did not report to her, however, they reported to the media. I ask again, how can she have confidence in a Commissioner who has overseen this?

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