Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will tell you why it is relevant. There are huge issues with this particular institute. It seems not only to go to building of things, public-private partners, re-employment of people, throwing out lavish amounts of public money, which is what this committee is about. This committee is about taxpayers' money, Mr. Watt, and we are here to question that whether you like it or not. If that means there are difficult questions about what officials knew and what they did not know, then that is what I am paid €90,000 a year by the public to ask. You can dislike it all you like. If the question is relevant, can I ask, did you, Mr. Ó Foghlú, happen to participate in a retirement function for a gentleman who was rehired a few days later as a consultant?