Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to pick a fight with the Deputy but I am advised that because the Committee of Public Accounts is dealing with this issue that, under Standing Orders, neither we nor the Minister are allowed to discuss it until the Committee of Public Accounts has concluded its investigation. I cannot ask the Minister to answer that question because, under Standing Orders, the Committee of Public Accounts has jurisdiction in terms of the matter the Deputy is discussing. Therefore, we cannot go down that road.