Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Bakhurst. This is his first appearance.

Frankly, I think it is disgraceful that Mr. Lynch would come in and introduce emails that we have not received as a committee. I would like that on the record. It was bad enough the other day that we exclaimed about having received 40 pages at 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. Total disregard was shown to our committee secretariat. That this could happen today does not bode well for the future.

I turn to Mr. Bakhurst. He did a roadshow while the committee sat on Tuesday with Ryan Tubridy and Noel Kelly. Mr. Bakhurst was giving interviews. During those interviews, Mr. Kelly’s evidence to this committee was that he knew nothing about the scheme to deceive, as Ms NÍ Raghallaigh previously termed it. He knew nothing about that scheme. Does Mr. Bakhurst stand over his comments? He stands over those comments.