Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The officials who appeared before us last week did their best to explain all of this. I accept there are serious questions in regard to value for money but in regard to the organisations they made it very clear which organisations are in and which organisations are not. They also told us, as repeated today by the Comptroller and Auditor General, that sometimes payroll, pensions and human resources are included and other times they are not. The question we need answered is on what basis were these organisations, as opposed to those being highlighted today, included in the scoping exercise but that is not a reflection on the officials who appeared before us last week.