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

No. We talked earlier about the person who has got this job promoting and being happy with a culture where money is lost in a situation where that was preventable. It is a learning experience and there will be no disciplinary process. I am trying to get to the root of something here. The great T.K. Whitaker is recorded, in a book, as saying something to the effect that there can be no greater priority than the restoration of senior civil servants. I agree with him. Theoretically, the Minister of the day is in charge. However, the way the Ministers and Secretaries Acts are written means that Secretaries General are untouchable and hold all the cards. It is a bit like a presenter on an RTÉ programme. One should not club the presenter because he or she can make you look bad.