John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We should ask the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to structure that and to come back to the committee. In the context of the IBRC case, the High Court judge was effectively telling the Government that this needs to be structured better, with definite timeframes and that it needs to be clear because as of now, it is not. A High Court judge is dealing with this but it could end up being a complete waste of taxpayers' money if it is not structured differently. We are not getting into the substantive issue of whether there should be an investigation. I agree with the Chairman on that point. I am conscious that there may be information that I am not aware of and that when the Government made that decision, it may have had information to which I am not privy. I am not going to second guess that decision but we should ask for that structure to be imparted to this committee, based on what the High Court judge has said.