Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My second point is that the Secretary General, Mr. Watt, wrote to this committee and stated that he, as Accounting Officer, would decide who comes with him. That is fine. I have no issue with that. That was some weeks ago. It goes beyond what is reasonably fair, or the right way in which to act, to send a letter the night before a meeting. We are after spending a long time preparing and expecting that we would have the head of public procurement in Ireland in front of the committee. The Chair has expressed his annoyance at that. Before we start today, however, I expect, and ask, the Chair to make it very clear that it is not an appropriate way to deal with things.