Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance

3:25 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There was reference earlier to the clearing house group. Mr. Moran said it was like no other grouping. He goes down to Limerick and so forth. I put it to him that the IFSC Clearing House Group is different, because there is constant ongoing engagement and access. We want to learn from our past mistakes with regard to the creation of golden circles and the like. I am not saying this is a golden circle, but we must guard against making the mistakes of the past. When the Taoiseach appeared before the committee last May he said he would consider arranging for the clearing house committees to be streamed live on the Internet where people could watch. A far easier way would be for this committee to receive the minutes and position papers from those meetings.

This is a democratically formed committee and the position papers and minutes should be made available to it. Does Mr. Moran see a problem with this?

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