Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reason we now have a Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is to answer the very question the Chairman has asked. We have a dedicated Department that is doing two things. First, it constantly keeps a much more vigorous eye on expenditure and, second, it aligns that expenditure to necessary public sector reforms. You seem to be saying, Chairman, that a further light of publicity needs to be shone on this. That is a sensible proposal.