Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not have an answer to that question. I have not yet had any dealings with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement so I cannot say it has misled me. I certainly have not had any dealings with it in the past 11 days, as Taoiseach, or in my previous briefs. I do not believe it misled me, but if the Deputy has a question to ask of a line Minister, I imagine she will do that in the normal way.

On resources, in April 2013, a revised workforce plan was submitted by the ODCE identifying the need for five accountants and an information technology expert. That requirement subsequently grew to seven accountants. Notwithstanding the moratorium on recruitment in place at the time, the Department secured sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for recruitment in October 2014. A campaign was launched in November 2015 under the auspices of the Public Appointments Service. After the normal recruitment processes were undertaken, a panel of eight forensic accountants was established. From April through to July 2016, five forensic accountants were formally recruited for the office and the remaining panellists withdrew. The Department subsequently asked the Public Appointments Service to run a specialist competition to allow it to recruit two more investigators to bring the cadre to seven. That campaign is in process.

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