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

It is July since they were here and it was promised within a week. This feeds in to the whole issue of poor responses from Departments and agencies to the committee. It simply has to change. We are in the dying moments of this game but I would encourage any future members of the Committee of Public accounts to be absolutely vigilant in their work and intolerant of the types of responses we have received from and delays to which we have been subjected by Departments and agencies. We get an immediate response if we even verge on asking a question that might discomfit someone from the State but when it comes to getting the replies that we ask for and to which we are entitled, there is a dragging of feet. It is poor practice and shows no courtesy or respect for a committee of this House.