Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am very clear on this, and I want members and witnesses to listen. I already indicated this to the Comptroller and Auditor General before the meeting. The principal witnesses here today are the NAMA people. We are here to direct questions to NAMA. Inevitably some people might want to raise a point of clarification with the Comptroller and Auditor General during the course of the meeting. As Chairman, I will not allow a debate between the Comptroller and Auditor General and NAMA at any stage. If people have questions that require clarification by the Comptroller and Auditor General, they can state them and I will bring him in to answer them at the beginning of the next session but this session is devoted to the NAMA people. Immediately after the break, if any clarification is required, we will open the meeting to the Comptroller and Auditor General and then he will not speak for the rest of the meeting. I will bring him in on a structured basis for clarification, not on an ad hocbasis. The Deputy can put the question and she will get her answer before the next session.