Ms Geraldine Kennedy:

Most journalists want to be investigative journalists at the age of 21, if possible. As a breed, they do not like public relations people but PR people are part of life today. I am sure the committee has a PR person. Look at all the Dáil questions that are asked about how much the Health Service Executive spends every year. Look at how much Irish Water is spending to communicate on behalf of the Government. PR people are part of life and any journalist worth his or her salt will deal with them.