David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I fully accept that the Chairman raised these issues in good faith. I accept the unusual circumstances that prevailed that the Comptroller and Auditor General alerted us to. The difficulty is that this has made national headlines and we may need to go further than correcting the record of the Committee of Public Accounts. I am not sure if statements came from the Chairman in regard to this this morning but that needs to be clarified so that the media organisations also know, not only the ones who are listening here. All these issues are now tied into the wider matter of the Garda Commissioner and related questions and any of these attract national attention. That extra step may now be necessary.