Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2013

Public Accounts Committee

2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 10 - Office of Public Works

11:30 am

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Regarding the e-mails on the choice of toilet paper referred to in the media, these were not reflecting on the Minister’s request for a particular toilet roll but on the toilet system that was in use.

Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked where I was accommodated from July to August. Again, if I can refer to the e-mails which were not touched on by the media, they stated I was in a room at the end of a corridor using borrowed furniture. In fact, I supplied some of the furniture. The point is that no funds were spent on other alternative accommodation during that time and that the new office was available from September.