Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I want to focus on what exactly was on the record of the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts because that is very important. I understand on 5 March a disclosure of non-publication of the report was issued to the Committee of Public Accounts. The next day the HSE wrote to the Garda seeking to publish the report. At that stage, the report in question was the Conal Devine report. My concern on this is that subsequently, when the HSE gave evidence to the Committee of Public Accounts and was questioned on procurement issues surrounding the report, the HSE said there were no procurement issues. When Dignam later reported, he said there were considerable issues around procurement. I am concerned about a process where we are spending public money and, in a very sensitive issue such as this, looking to get independent advice which is very clear and objective. Does Mr. O'Brien believe there were procurement issues surrounding that?