Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are seeking an understanding as to why contact was made with a third party in respect of information exchanged between the Committee of Public Accounts and the regulator without also contacting us for a copy of that correspondence and a broader explanation as to whether it is standard practice that contact would be made with third parties to clarify information that is raised in the Oireachtas without also contacting the relevant Oireachtas body. It is one of the most bizarre issues that has come to my attention on the part of a State body.