Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have been involved in local authorities where officials were appointed when local authorities collaborated with groups to achieve a sports complex or whatever and the county council took a part in it. It was small money; small investments. It was tens of thousands of euro, maybe, rather than these millions of euro. The county council, as a body, would always appoint an official or two in a board of eight or ten. I have sat beside them. They were excellent officials and they were the watch dogs for the public purse, for the county council and for the public investment. Why have you not appointed dedicated officials to watch over the public purse? Where are they? Where is your duty of care to the State and to taxpayers' money?