Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 February 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Could I have a supplementary one-page paper from you, Chairman, or the secretariat to complement whatever draft we get, setting out exactly what work we are carrying out? My understanding is that we were doing an examination of the sales process of Project Eagle - an examination of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report and we were not carrying out any investigation. This is now quite sensitive in respect of whether a commission of investigation is established. We can all have different opinions and interpretations. We can all put our own spin on it irrespective of the side of the fence we might sit on. Whatever opinions people might have here, it is important that it be factually set out making clear exactly what this committee was doing and what we were not doing. We all stayed within the boundaries because it was made very clear to us that we were not examining actions that might have been criminal or illegal by any individual or organisation. It is important for that to be on the record. I am asking for that paper to be provided.

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