Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I entirely agree with that and the points are very well made. However, it is important that we, as a committee, put on the record that a decision has been taken that the matters at hand need to be investigated and that they speak to the issue of taxpayers' money, at least potentially. I am not jumping to conclusions in terms of the possible outcome but it is important that we say that, along with saying that we need to see the structure. Of course, there has to be some sanity in respect of the cost of this to the public purse. The Chairman is absolutely correct in that regard.