Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The line he kept using when he was in with us is that he pushed it up the line. It is frustrating for us committee members. I know it is difficult for the Commissioner to confer with people but we find it useful if the person in charge answers the questions. Mr. Culhane pushed it up the line. People up the line were aware of all those matters in 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010. He pushed it up the line and effectively nothing happened. In the midst of that, it is against a backdrop where I am bound to say that the question of charitable status for the Garda college in 2010 was a means of muddying the waters. Is that not a real reflection of what was going on? According to Mr. Culhane, it would seem up to 2010, in effect, that it was all about keeping matters obscure and muddying the waters for us, the Revenue, internal audit and whomever else? The Commissioner should tell me if I am incorrect.