Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their time. Much of what was said is of interest to the public. Our job as the Committee of Public Accounts is not just to interrogate the figures but to help the public understanding of what goes on and to get information out. People who are interested in this area will have picked up information during the day. That is part of what we are doing here. I thank the two local authority chief executive officers representing the CCMA, Ms Jackie Maguire and Mr. Conn Murray. It is their first time before the committee and I am grateful that they attended. I thank Mr. John McCarthy and all the officials from his Department. It has been a long day. I thank the officials from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which got off lightly enough today.

Our next public meeting is next Thursday, when we will meet officials from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement on the oversight and implementation of capital projects and the role of public officials on State boards.