Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What has happened in CRC and what we have seen in this letter this morning is an affront to the decent people throughout the country who collected the money. They did not collect money to feather the nest of one individual. They collected it to provide front-line services.

I ask the Chairman to ask Mr. Kiely to appear before this committee as a matter of urgency. He owes us that and he owes it to the people throughout the country who collected the money for the CRC. Mr. Kiely should repay the CRC friends and supporters the excessive amount of money he received. It is well in excess of the tax-free lump sum which in itself is nearly €550,000. On this issue I am just astounded.

It is a shaming issue. What has happened would defy belief, only it is there in black and white. We had an individual before the committee who told us the figure was only €200,000. Shame on the CRC.