Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If the Deputy will let me finish. At the start of the normal meetings of the Committee of Public Accounts, the practice in my time was that a statement would be read out informing members that they should not drift in to the area of policy; that was a matter for Ministers. There are very few precedents for Ministers appearing before the Committee of Public Accounts. My intention was subject to advice that I would appear. I do not have a problem with appearing; I have a high regard for all the members of the committee.