Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The issue about which there has been significant debate - if Ms McGrath is not the person to answer, she should feel free to say so - is that of ministerial involvement in these works. There have been media reports that it involved ministerial sign-off. What is Ms McGrath's understanding of the link between the then Minister of State and the OPW and the Department in carrying out these office works? There has been e-mail correspondence in national newspapers stating that X official or X individual in a ministerial office signed off on or approved this. Would that be Ms McGrath's understanding of what happens or would that not be the case?