Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Each and every one of us, including members of Government and Members of both Houses, has a responsibility there. At every opportunity I get, I emphasise and point to highlight not only the legal obligation but also the benefits it brings to society. Each and every one of us has done that throughout this process. To make a decision on the future funding model with everything emerging as it was, I think it was the right decision to pause that decision and to put independent expert committees in place to fully interrogate it.

A great job of work has been done in this committee and in the Committee of Public Accounts, and it is important that we had the experts armed with a forensic accountant to really interrogate it and rebuild that trust.