David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I see it as a waste of money. I would expect that somebody who is paid a very generous salary, who is the Accounting Officer, and who is in the job because he is qualified to do that job - one of the functions of which is to come before the committee - should not require training. I do not know about Deputies McDonald or Catherine Murphy, but I never received any formal training to put questions and I am amazed and outraged that an IoT would have to hire a consultancy firm to coach its officers coming before the committee. How much did that cost?