Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It might have been a case that my mind was moving faster than my lips. By suggesting the taxpayer, I was inferring that if the fault is not with the State and the majority fault is primarily with the laboratory, the redress scheme would have to be funded via a settlement via the State taking a case against the laboratory. I should have made myself clearer. I must point out that I would not wish to block any proposal for a redress scheme. As members of the Committee of Public Accounts, however, we should be acutely aware that if taxpayers' money is to be used the committee and the Houses should look directly at how the redress scheme is to be funded.