David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can I first of all say that I stand over everything I said before we went into private session. It is my personal opinion. It is not the opinion of every member here, but I have given my opinion. Giving us huge volumes of information does not equate to proper public accountability. What Mr. Watt seems to miss is that we have not got the information which we need. Yes, we can welcome that he has now come to the view that the post-project reviews should be published but we are here today to ask questions. The meeting is today, not next month, in three months' time or next year, whenever these reports are eventually published. It is today and we do not have the reviews. Our job is to examine and to probe. One of the observations from the Comptroller and Auditor General, in his opening remarks and in his report, is that there is a lack of public scrutiny, public debate and public accountability in the whole area of PPPs. I would not imagine that the Comptroller and Auditor General was talking about the political sphere alone, but also about academics and other outside organisations, which would also look at this area because reports are not published. Let us be honest, some of these reports go back 16 years. It has been 16 years and only one has been published. That is why we are frustrated and if that upsets any of the officials here, so be it. We have a job to do and we are to do it today, not tomorrow, next month, in six months or in a year. We will be back. How many of these post-project reviews that have not been published actually exist?