David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

All I want to put on the record is that, again, we have a dynamic in a room where there is a meeting of the steering group. I have already raised with Mr. Dunne the question of how a decision was made at that point not to brief any external players, which would have included the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. We have Mr. Ruane signalling that, from his point of view as head of legal, the Attorney General's office should be advised, and we have Mr. Culhane saying he finds that astonishing. Again, here is another external organisation, this time the Attorney General's office, and the view again seems to be, "Let us not give it the information, let us not raise this with it as there is no need". There was a lack of urgency and a lack of understanding of roles right through this process, right up to the point when the steering group was in place. Would Mr. Dunne agree?