Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 December 2018

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)

2:00 pm

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know that the Minister of State disagrees. He has been well briefed since our last meeting and knows damn well that he is wrong. I have every intention of pursuing this matter to the very end because I believe the person in question, or project in question, was misled. All I have asked for is clarification on all of those issues. The Minister of State can hide behind his legal advice and state he is going to court etc. That is fine. It will now be for the other party to decide where best to go with this. I am simply saying that the Minister of State can get legal advice but he can judge for himself as to whether it is correct and in the interests of the taxpayer. We are going to leave it at that.

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