Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Deputy Kelly for his offer of support. We worked together well on the health committee and I hope we will continue to do so. I wrote down many questions but I missed some because I was still writing. I will get the Deputy detailed responses in writing and I am happy to meet him to discuss them.

I agree with the Deputy on the presentation of financial data and we have covered it. It needs to be done well. In defence of the officials, they have been trying to put this together in a time of extraordinary volatility and that is why the performance measures have not been changed. They should be commended on putting it together given the volatility, but I think we all agree that we want data presented in a way that is easier to absorb and easier to hold to account.

On the office of budgetary management, or whatever we call it, it is in the programme for Government that we need investment in financial resources within the Department. It is very important. I agree on the question of forensic accountants. I am going from the top but I am happy to get the Deputy notes on the rest of his questions.

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