Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

When we wrote to him, we did so in a specific context. It was a piece of input that we felt would be necessary to understand the process, to understand controls and where the section he heads up in respect of procurement fits in to making sure proper controls are in place. We did not just pick this out of thin air. It was a piece of information that we required. Is there going to be any issue if he comes here saying he reports to the board? If we are going to have an engagement on this, it has to be on his role and responsibility when he was on the board. Did he report to the Minister? Was he required to report to the Minister? He was not picked out of thin air, either, to sit on that board. There was expertise being placed there. Where was that interaction? We got that reply in response to a request.

We made the request so that we could look at this matter and learn how the process worked. He needs to be able to answer on that, rather than saying-----