Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be saying to all Accounting Officers that we should not have to drag information from them. We expect people to come in here and co-operate fully. I am amazed and I find it extraordinary that Mr. O Foghlú did not take it upon himself to see the minutes of the meetings at which several hundred million was being discussed between Mr. Ó Foghlú's Department and the religious orders. I find it extraordinary that he did not make it his business to see those minutes so that when he comes before the Committee of Public Accounts he is fully informed of what went on. We are here to discuss with Mr. Ó Foghlú what went on. He is saying he has not even seen the minutes. He is presuming there are minutes. Now he is saying he has seen a summary of the meetings so somebody must have been there to record a summary.