Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I will answer the last question first. It is entirely in the hands of the Committee of Public Accounts to decide if it wants to call some of those agencies to appear before it. On the first question, we ask the Deputy to use his discretion. He is entitled to put the points made by Revenue, the Department of Social Protection and ICTU to Mr. McMahon but I ask him to do it in a respectful and constructive way. It is a matter of treating the witnesses with respect, as is normal. The Deputy is entitled to ask those questions and is welcome to do so. With regard to whether this is the only opportunity to discuss the issue, I am entirely in the hands of the committee on that one. If the Committee of Public Accounts decides to bring in some of those bodies, which I hope we will do, that is entirely in our hands. Is the Deputy okay with that?