Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The issue has reached crisis point.

Deputy MacSharry raised an issue and the Secretary General said he was asked about value for money. This is not the only instance because I was there and know lots of land was bought. I do not know where the fault lies. I make no allegations and simply am talking about accountability. Huge segments of land were bought by councillors with the best of will in the world to forward plan. The fact it was not used is an indictment on each Government that provided no funding. The term "value for money" is an unfortunate choice of words and the Secretary General might have a word in someone's ear about it. When this matter came to the attention of the Department why did the Secretary General not consider it proactively in terms of value for money? Did that not happen?