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

I am not very touchy about anything, and it does not matter who is sitting on these benches now or in the future, but members of the Committee of Public Accounts should not be referred to in that manner. The Department needs to clarify whether it happened, and if it did, the Secretary General should outline his view on that. We will request an apology to the committee if it did happen.

We now move to correspondence from Accounting Officers and Ministers in follow-up to committee meetings. No. 1257B, from Mr. Mark Griffin, Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, dated 23 May, provides further information requested by the committee in regard to the national broadband plan. It details the Department's contractual arrangements for the provision of technical advisory services, commercial and financial advisory services and legal advisory services to support the delivery of the national broadband plan. It is proposed to note and publish this item. Is that agreed? Agreed. It contains very detailed information. I understand Deputy Catherine Murphy wishes to comment on it.