John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If I were getting taxpayers' money, I might not do as much. The fact of the matter is it is being paid to look after taxpayers' money and is not doing so. Every week some agency or another comes before the committee which is not complying with procurement. We also have issues such as that raised by Deputy Connaughton this morning with regard to €436,000. No one seems to cry stop. When we carry out reports and put them before the various Departments, and it happened again last week, we must remind the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to remind the Accounting Officers to reply to us. They are either serious about the job or they are not. If they are not serious about it, they should go or they should not be paid as much as they are, quite frankly. I certainly would not pay them and Deputy Deasy is quite correct.