Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Public Accounts Committee
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Houses of the Oireachtas Commission - Review of Allowances
2:40 pm
Mr. Robert Watt:
I am just providing context to you, Chairman, on what I understand was the position. Our Minister made it clear that he would like to hear views. I do not think it is just a question of a Minister coming and saying this is how the system should be funded. He would like to hear the different views and he has made that clear on several occasions. I do not think the previous Minister for Finance imposed a system. There were discussions across parties on how to-----