David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that and I thank Mr. McCarthy. Those processes are in place to protect Mr. Buckley so that he does not have to appear before the committee to answer difficult questions, and then - I am not saying he is doing this - try to defend the indefensible. It is indefensible that the Comptroller and Auditor General feels the processes that should have been in place were not. In many ways, Mr. Buckley is obliged to do it. It also allows us and the Comptroller and Auditor General to do our jobs.

I refer to the lease and the difference between the lease terms negotiated and those agreed.