Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is an unfortunate situation. The Committee of Public Accounts has to be beyond reproach and beyond politicisation and we need to embrace that from now on. I wanted to see unity in regard to reports and it was unfortunate it came down to literally one word. We have a lot of serious work to do and we need to deal with what happened yesterday and move on. We had some very serious issues regarding the Grace case last week and there are some outstanding questions. There are questions relating to the Garda Commissioner, who is before another committee next door. The issue is important to me because I represent the area. We are all capable of working together in a non-political way and I have seen the committee work together well. I am very proud of the way we can support one another in here, share information and work together on questions though politically we would be adversaries. We need to get back to what this committee is good at and move on. I do not mean we should forget about it but we need to deal with it and move onto the work programme - that is what we are here for. There is an incredible amount of work to do on some serious issues and we should focus on that. That is my priority as Vice Chairman.