Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Good. I am not having a go at the OPW by any means in making this point, rather it is very much about what we are seeing as relevant from the committee's point of view. In a recent OECD study this Parliament ranked the lowest for holding Government Departments to account. We would like to see changes come about in the next few years in our role as to how we interact with Departments on how taxpayers' money is spent. That is very much what is driving this from our point of view.