David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My concern is that when we ask Accounting Officers questions, they should be able to answer on the day, but they do not. It is very easy for them to say they will send the correspondence afterwards. It is our job to hold them to account for money that is spent. There is no point in them giving us information afterwards because it is never put to the test or scrutinised. We receive a large volume of documents after a meeting which we should receive in advance. Is there a way we can be smarter about what we do, perhaps by requesting some information before they come to make sure they will have it available? There are 400 pages.