Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

State Claims Agency: Discussion

1:30 pm

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I find that hard to understand. The State Claims Agency's role is to represent the interests of the State in these cases. However, the State is not just concerned with pounds, shillings and pence; it should also be concerned with what kind of society we have. It is obvious in this case, and the State Claims Agency agrees, that if there had been a confidentiality agreement, it would have been to the detriment of the State, or society as a whole or the public. In similar cases, it is in the interest of the public and State to know where something has gone wrong, or is at least perceived to have gone wrong, and the State Claims Agency either admits liability or offers some sort of redress or payment.

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