Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I have no issue with either Dr. McLoughlin's answers or Mr. O'Brien's answers but the issue is that they are not in a position, through no fault of theirs, to answer some of the questions because they were not in situ, but that is the frustrating aspect of this. If we are to get to the bottom of this, having spent dozens of hours of time on it - the time of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Dr. Smith and others who have done significant work on this - and arrive at definitive conclusions and outcomes, there are people we need to hear from who have refused to come before the committee. We need to bear that in mind and establish what is the view of the committee on it.

I wish to ask the representatives of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for their conclusions of the Comptroller and Auditor General report, which I believe the Department has accepted in full. Is that correct?