Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not standing behind any mistakes in the public sector. I am putting the matter in context and saying we should not demonise one sector and sanctify another whose mistakes to date I and all other taxpayers are paying for.

Doing so is much more difficult for some than it is for me.

I welcome this eight page report, which was put together very quickly. Unfortunately, it is only the first step. For me, the key part of the report is the fact that the person writing it says he does not know all the details. Previous speakers also referred to this. The report notes that Komori highlighted the problem. The author of the report states: "However, at the time of writing this Report I have yet to establish how or if this information was processed within the Houses of the Oireachtas Service." Perhaps he needs more time to look at that. The issue was raised but not dealt with. That is the process we need to look at. Week after week, we hear about processes that are theoretically in place but that in practice are not actually working.

A business case for this purchase went before the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, which presumably approved it. We are always talking about the lack of business cases at this committee, but in this instance, one was made. Two pages of this report give us the background, which is very welcome in a democracy where Deputies and Senators are benefiting from a printer in the interest of democracy. Those two pages are necessary but I would have preferred two pages on what happened with the process failure. Perhaps there was not enough time to look into that but I would like to go back and get a report on the processes.

My colleague, Deputy Catherine Murphy, raised outsourcing, which is mentioned in the report and must be clarified. It is stated that a contract is in place, and that the facility will outsource jobs and so on. It is not clear to me whether the service has already availed of external printing, given the problems with this machine. Is that just for the future? It is not clear to me whether there are additional costs involved.

I welcome the list but it is extremely basic. More than one site visit took place, as Deputy MacSharry noted. I agree with him on that. Issues were raised by Komori, the Office of Public Works and the architects. They raised issues, yet nothing was done and no review of the matter was undertaken.

On the storage price-----