Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome all of our guests. I support Mr. Griffin’s idea of bringing the relevant officials from various sections in the Department who have the expertise to answer questions which may arise. It is an awful shame that his colleague in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform did not agree by bringing the chief procurement officer when we wanted to talk to him. Mr. Griffin might have a word with him about his exemplary move in broadening responsibility and extending the principle of subsidiarity to those people who are best placed to answer questions.