David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have watched enough of "Yes, Minister" to know that when Accounting Officers come in, it is a matter of policy and when the Minister comes in, he will say it is an operational matter for the Department. On something as serious as this, when we are talking about huge losses of this magnitude, we would have known this. None of this is new. It is flabbergasting to see the figures involved.