Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is the very minimum. We are here on behalf of a lot of people. We are not here just for ourselves. I am shocked by the deferential treatment the witnesses gave. They should have shown a bit of deferential treatment to the Committee of Public Accounts and come here ready to answer the questions. Do the witnesses not understand our frustration? We are coming across a bit angry but I am dismayed. It is 15 years on, eight years after the Ryan report and the witnesses are coming in here. In the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report, we have had a chapter in 2002, a chapter in some other year and we now have a special report. The witnesses have arrived here today and Mr. Tattan is saying he has information online and the accounting officer has said he never saw those minutes. How are we expected to get to the bottom of this if the witnesses are so unprepared for today's meeting?