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Á mheabhrú gur prionsabal tábhachtach de bhainistíocht fhónta airgeadais é doiciméadacht a thacaíonn le híocaíochtaí a choinneáil; á chur in iúl gur cúis bhuartha di cinneadh na Cúirte nach raibh an rian iniúchóireachta leordhóthanach chun na heilimintí uile a mheastar a bheith ábhartha sa phróiseas measúnaithe i gcás dhá gharsprioc don chéad iarraidh ar íocaíocht a chumhdach; á mheabhrú go háirithe torthaí na Cúirte maidir le garsprioc 215 agus freagra an Choimisiúin ar an toradh sin, ina mínítear go raibh measúnú dearfach an Choimisiúin bunaithe ar anailís ar inneachar shuíomh gréasáin DATAESTUR, lena n-áirítear seatanna scáileáin a glacadh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair agus i mí na Samhna 2021; ag tabhairt dá haire gur aithin an Coimisiún nach ndearnadh na seatanna scáileáin sin a chlárú i gcomhréir leis an treoir inmheánach agus go bhféadfaí feabhsuithe a dhéanamh ar choimeád taifead; ag meabhrú na ceiste i scríbhinn ón údarás um urscaoileadh inar iarradh an anailís sin agus an freagra ón gCoimisiún nár scríobh sé anailís, ná tuarascáil mhionsonraithe ar an ábhar sin ach ‘go ndearna roinnt ball foirne de chuid an Choimisiúin athbhreithniú ar shuíomh DATAESTUR agus gur dheimhnigh siad go raibh an fhaisnéis riachtanach ann’; ag tabhairt dá haire go bhféadfadh sé nach mbeadh sé sin i gcomhréir le prionsabal na bainistíochta fónta airgeadais;
Recalls that keeping documentation supporting payments is an important principle of sound financial management; is worried by the finding of the Court that the audit trail was insufficient to cover all elements considered relevant in the assessment process in the case of two milestones for the first payment request; recalls in particular the Court’s findings regarding milestone 215 and the Commission’s reply to this finding, explaining that the Commission’s positive assessment was based on an analysis of the content of the DATAESTUR website, including screenshots taken in October and November 2021; notes that the Commission’s recognised that the registration of these screenshots did not take place in line with the internal guidance and that improvements in record-keeping could be made; recalls the written question of the discharge authority requesting this analysis and the reply from the Commission that it did not write an analysis, nor a detailed report on this matter, but that ‘several Commission staff reviewed the DATAESTUR site and confirmed that the required information was present’; notes that this may not be in line with the principle of sound financial management;