Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I want to clear up a number of these things first. I was struck by the idea that Mr. Barrett kept contemporaneous notes, that he referenced some of his meetings with Mr. Ruane, and that the internal auditor sent himself registered material. It is Mr. Barrett and Mr. Kelly who were doing this, is it not?

Mr. John Barrett: Well, first of all I must stress, I am a relative newcomer to the public sector and so the experience I will draw upon, by way of comparison, is external to the public sector. For 30 years, largely working in American multinationals, this could never happen. The internal audit organisation would normally be one which would be given absolute co-operation and there would be no suggestion that reports of the order done in 2006