Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am conscious of my time and will wrap up in a moment. Would there be an issue with the Comptroller and Auditor General or the Committee of Public Accounts or both reviewing such instances in a private manner, as is dealt with in many other committees where private business is transacted, so that there is a public oversight and an auditing oversight of such arrangements? This committee, for instance, is subject regularly to confidentiality, as I am sure is the Department and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I understand using aggregated sums, as Mr. Watt has mentioned, and that is not a bad idea. However, there are other means to ensure the oversight function of this authority and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General is adhered to in all instances.