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

On a general point, the previous Government and, I presume, the current Government agreed to an open Government approach but it does not feel as if that is the case here. I accept there are reports that can be commissioned for a particular purpose. However, in terms of informing us but also in terms of the estimates of public money being spent that help to inform an understanding of what happens, we need to ask exactly what is meant by the open Government approach and how that is being pursued. My understanding is that that comes under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform also.