Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair. It is a pleasure. I am not a member of this committee; I am substituting for somebody else. It is my first time here.

Could I return to something Mr. Moloney said to my colleague, Deputy Mairéad Farrell. It related to the disciplinary options open to a Minister and written warnings. I fully accept that I may have picked up Mr. Moloney incorrectly. If I did, he should please tell me. At the beginning of this conversation, he said that when he was in front of committees, with the exception of the Committee of Public Accounts, he was the voice of the Minister. He said he almost has a dual reporting function, reporting on the one hand to the Minister and on the other hand to the Oireachtas. Am I correct in saying that?