Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Deputy to forgive my interruption. It is nothing to do with her. I am just talking about process and our time. In my opinion we have spent an awful lot of time on matters that are outside our purview or on the edge of our purview. We have also spent an awful lot of time investigating matters where we do not have expertise and where others who do are investigating those matters. There is a line that we obviously like to press up against, but on occasion we dip over it. When it comes to an inquiry of such gravity, based on my assumption of what advices would be provided, I am not sure what purpose would be served by pursuing that and particularly corresponding with a commission like that, other than to make a headline. That is my view.

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