Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is astonishing. Mr. Hill has been aware of this since March. That is several months ago. He must have been aware it was not in compliance with the staff handbook, with which I assume he is familiar. He must have been aware it raises issues. This harks back to a previous session the committee had regarding payments that should not have been made to certain personnel. Mr. Hill was aware of memorandum of understanding No. 35, which states he cannot be paid at a level above that of a Secretary General. Did he see this as a way of getting past that?