Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The real question is whether there is proper oversight of the spending. I heard what Mr. Field said previously. I am an opposition member. Government spending appears to be out of control and nobody seems to care. That is the public sentiment. I do not want the University of Limerick and its students coming to me thinking the Government is spending frivolously, believing that if has it, so it can spend it.

I will move on. I appreciate Mr. Kelly is doing this but he should appreciate that it is going to come up next year no matter who is sitting here. That is the point.

It was said that all protected disclosures are being dealt with. Is the culture now one that promotes openness and transparency? Somebody told me that they made a protected disclosure 15 months ago, which has not been dealt with. He has not been treated very well. I realise that neither Professor Laffan nor Professor Kilcommins were in their positions at the time, but my point is that not everything they have points to what I have been told. It is easy to talk but it is clearly not the feeling on the ground.