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

The bottom line is I am sorry. I know there was a response but I could not find it. Beyond that, I hope that the same enthusiasm and attention is put into dealing with the issues that we raise here. Our questions are not personal; it is just business on behalf of the people. When €110 million is dished our for a building that is falling down and when a scientist oversaw that, it causes concern.

We need to be conscious that a big portion of the exchange was on the fact that we cannot identify somebody. I did not name anybody. Why can a person who is in charge of public money not be identified? I did not use the person's name. I asked probing questions to find out what went on and it is quite likely that people will be able to identify the person involved. What is the problem? The person works in the public sector and is paid public money. The details of my salary and expenses are available for everyone to see on the Internet. I imagine that the same applies to the salaries paid to Secretary Generals and so on. We are not talking about Joe Blogs or a private citizen. I appreciate the practice of not naming people-----