John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I go back to the point of good men like Brendan Lenihan and the others who resigned, with their statements having been made afterwards. That does not do the system any good. It raises questions and I would very much love to see Ministers acknowledging the good that some people do and the reasons they left. There is also this thing about the learnings, and God bless everyone with the learnings. That being said, I ask that common sense be applied sometimes and we will get to the end of things.

We have had a reasonable exchange. Deputy Doherty has held the line on his side and, likewise, the Minister and witnesses. We have got an explanation about things, which I am happy about. I will not go there but the last meeting that we had, unfortunately, could have been better. It became theatre rather than what today's meeting was about. Deputy Doherty has a final question to ask on this Thursday evening before we go home.