Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----the spin-off companies, they will get a great return. We asked for the details of the public funding put into them at all levels and they said it was not possible to provide them. We rejected that and said it was an insult to say the public service could not account for what was put into various spin-off companies. They came back a month later with very detailed information. Sometimes if we are willing to accept what they send us, they will be happy with this. Most of what they send us is probably as good as they can do, but that is not always the case. My first observation is on a report we sent last January. It took quite a while to receive a response. We listed a couple of the reports as agenda items next week. If members are not happy with any of the recommendations of the Department, we will go back to them before we sign off on the response.