Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I want clarity because, in fairness, Deputy Connolly went through that forensically. I do not think anyone here was fully sure because the witnesses certainly were not.

I have so many questions about the IGB I do not know where to begin. I am surprised the witnesses are back here because I did not expect them to be back in their positions. Do they realise how bad the evidence they are giving looks to the people who are watching at home? Do they realise the number of contradictions in their evidence? This is the Committee of Public Accounts. It is a constitutional committee, the most important in the Oireachtas and the evidence the witnesses are giving here is the worst I have ever seen. Do they realise what I am saying to them? It is the worst I have ever seen and it is getting worse today, in reply to the questions asked by my predecessors. I would like the witnesses to reflect on that. I mean this: does each of the witnesses stand over the evidence given to date? If somebody does not, please say so now.