David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We only received this letter on the day of the hearing. It was a very important letter and we probably did not get enough chance to properly go through it with the Commissioner because we only got it. I note that for the Cathaoirleach. We have completed our work in terms of our hearings and we will move to a report. This was Mr. Barrett, who is head of human resources, asking the Commissioner to correct the record of the Committee of Public Accounts. When the questions were put, she said there was no need to correct the record of the Committee of Public Accounts. It shows the clear contradiction between his understanding of what happened in meetings and her understanding of what happened at the meeting. It is quite serious for the head of human resources to be alerting this committee to information he says the Commissioner had in respect of previous briefings she was given before she said she was briefed but also the nature of the meeting that he was present at. He is writing to her and giving us a letter to say in his view she should correct the record. She disputes that. I think we should note that she disputed the content of the letter.