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

I know Mr. Quinn may disagree, but as a legislator I think it is bad practice. Mr. Quinn was the head of procurement for the State on one hand and on a board on the other hand. It defies all logic and credibility that he had to keep an omnishambles which was going off the rails secret from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, while at the same time doing an excellent job of publicly procuring very successful projects throughout the country. I am not holding Mr. Quinn responsible for that. If he was legally prevented, even through back channels, from approaching Mr. Watt over a cup of coffee to discuss his grave concerns that is a perfectly reasonable claim. The Minister supports Mr. Quinn and says he did the right thing. However, Mr. Quinn's description of the law means that the law needs to be changed, or we should not have officials like him on board.