Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Just a minute. I am on record as saying that inquiry will take its course. I am not saying one thing about that inquiry. I am not sure why Mr. Ruttle was getting advice, I am simply asking him questions regarding his role as chairman of a board and that comes down to giving us confidence in regard to governance. Certainly I accept that he is here for the 2013-14 accounts but the issue that has arisen since leads to questions, and we have to ask questions about governance procedures. Mr. Ruttle went off today, of his own bat as chairman, to get legal advice that will be paid by taxpayers' money but he got it for the board, with no sanction from the board.