Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay, so you are happy with that aspect of things.

Obviously, Minister, you would have listened in very attentively to all the hearings we held. As you know, my colleagues put many hours not just into committee meetings but also into the preparation, which was enormous. The secretariat put many hours into all that. When Ms Doherty came in here and I asked her about her knowledge of what was going on, she made the assertion that she knew absolutely nothing. She was chair from 2014 until 2022, an eight-year reign in respect of which we can only assume certain matters. For example, the barter account was established in 2012, so that was fully up and running for the duration of her term. Obviously, she has been your point of contact for you, as Minister, for the past three years, since you have been Minister, and for your predecessor. She was the point of contact for the Minister and the Department to be fully informed and she comes in here and says, "I knew nothing." How did you feel about that?