Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the context of making a determination on the value, will the Comptroller and Auditor General inform the committee that he cannot get involved because it was a policy decision taken by the Department of Education and Skills and that if the latter wants a facility in an area, it will end up paying whatever price is demanded? On the process involved, the Chairman used the term "remarkable coincidence". I wrote it down. In the context of what he will assess, does the comptroller and Auditor General consider it a remarkable coincidence in light of the protracted discussions the committee had with the Irish Greyhound Board regarding the very perilous position in which it found itself? As the Chairman stated, it was a remarkable coincidence that the board received a cheque from another arm of the State that just so happened to match the amount of money it needed to get out the gap and keep the dogs running.