John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It did not express a view and Mr. Guiomard did not ask it prior to the introduction of the scheme which paid staff €16,000. That is no reflection on staff or anything else but rather the process by which the arrangement was reached by which €16,000 was available to staff. Mr. Guiomard is telling me he did not ask the audit committee about it.