Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)

It is deeply concerning for most people that this is where it is. When does the Minister expect to have an outcome? Has he been able to identity exactly how this occurred? I do not mean any one person should be blamed for something like this but there must have been some system failures as well. Has the Minister got to the bottom of that? Does he expect that to come out of the report? When does he expect the report to be in the public domain?

The Minister will be acutely aware, as he prepares for the budget, that many people are struggling with the cost of living. When you do your weekly shop, the difference every week on the same bundle of goods is amazing. There is a huge impact. When people see this kind of thing, it frustrates them. Let us be frank about that. It is important this never happens again and that we have clear outcomes from the review.

See this speech in context