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

I have many of the same points, but I think it is important to reiterate them. I asked whether the same personnel were involved, and we know now that some of them were. Are we seriously being asked to accept that people were going to be asked, essentially, to disagree with themselves? That is what this is, and it is nonsense. Deputy MacSharry made the point that the thought process in engaging companies should be of serious concern, and in any report we issue, we should be making that point as firmly as possible to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the advice it gives other Departments in these kinds of conflicts. It is almost like we are being made eejits of with this kind of response. That is the way I feel about it. The same personnel involved in giving high-level advice are then asked to critique themselves. To me, that just screams of a conflict of interest.