Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Please do. These are the things that need to be known by the public. The reason I am bringing this up is that just as the OPW wants to treat people with the respect they deserve, provide dignity at work and so on, we want to treat the taxpayers with the respect they deserve. When I asked Mr. Conlon's predecessor whether a disciplinary process was afoot because of that absolutely maximum 101 mistake, he said that, no, it is not a disciplinary issue. In fact, when I asked Mr. Conlon's former boss at the Department of public expenditure why there was no disciplinary process, he, number one, did even know the Miesian Plaza issue had occurred and, number two, he said we do not operate a "gotcha culture" in the Civil Service. The administrative merry-go-round keeps going around. Mr. Conlon has said repeatedly today that an appropriate procurement process took place in line with the rules. What is missing in this is cop on and basic common sense. In fact, the OPW is going to waste more money now by getting in an external auditor to make sure the OPW is doing what it wants to do.

I will move on to my next question. At what level does expenditure come before the management board?