Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Standing Order 163 is not clear and we should seek to have it widened and clarified so that these obstacles do not arise in the future. We spoke about the standing orders of the Welsh public accounts committee which empower it to pursue where public money is spent. It is a wide-ranging definition. Standing Order 163 is quite clear and we have spoken previously about the need to change it to give us a wider remit. I am talking about pursuing a second track at the same time so that if the Committee on Procedure and Privileges says it is outside our remit, and if our independent legal advice says the same thing, then we will be ready to move for a change to Standing Orders.