Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is the great difficulty the Committee of Public Accounts has: we are also presuming but have very little evidence before us. There is a glaring hole of governance around this fund which is not primarily for Mr. Breen but, as he is the person who makes applications to the High Court to draw down money from the fund, I alert him to the huge concern in the committee. The real concern is that guarantees were not sought to prevent a non-disclosure agreement. It appears the committee will not be told the final settlement of that case. The reason for that is there may have been a non-disclosure agreement and the reason for that is the State, when providing the colossal sum of €27 million, put no guarantees in place that the public and insurance customers, who provide that sum, would get transparency regarding that money. I say that to Mr. Breen because of his role in making applications and because this may not be limited to this case. There may be other cases he is now involved in. A greater degree of governance is needed. Does Mr. Breen have any comment on that?