Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Photo of James O'ConnorJames O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Given the scale of the situation, a confidential basis is no longer acceptable to the public. The lack of honesty in providing the information to the public is part of the problem. I come from a constituency in which huge centres are operating. The lack of information – the chasm that has been established – is not helping. I am aware that each person here has his or her own philosophy and views, but as somebody who represents the people of Cork East, where the centres have been operating for some time, with Red Barn being one of the biggest in the country, I want to know on my constituents' behalf what is going on.