Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am very glad to hear that. We certainly acknowledge the vast amounts of information that have been provided. Deputy Doherty's question concerned the fact we are still searching around for details as to how a decision taken in January was taken and where the money was found. If there is extra expenditure in one area, it is fair for a budgetary scrutiny committee to ask where it is coming from. These are the questions we must ask. The point was made that when we do go back to the public, we will be asked why we did not question that and who we asked. In his opening statement, Mr. Watt said that more information than ever before is now available. I suppose this is why we are asking why €200 million was found so close to budget day if all this information is there. I am sure Mr. Watt will acknowledge that working to such a tight timeframe made our job quite difficult. It meant our alternative budgets were not very useful at that point.