Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Public Accounts Committee
Business of Committee
9:00 am
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source
This is a real issue. I speak with some knowledge, having been in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. This is in the Department of Education and Skills, so they are the right people to bring in. However, there is a serious crossover with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. We have to consider whether we should bring in some people from that Department purely on the basis of crossover. Personally, I am not satisfied it is in the right Department and I never was. The crossover and the economies cannot be realised by this being in the Department of Education and Skills. Given we are discussing a special report, is there a view that we should bring in Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport officials as well? That is the request.
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