Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Public Accounts Committee
Section 38 - Agencies Remuneration
12:40 pm
Mr. Paul Kiely:
I know it is a cliché because the new chief executive said he was away when this broke but, as a matter of fact, I was away with my daughter. I retired in June and had not taken any break outside the country. I drove over with my daughter on 17 November and my intention was to stay for one month and bring her back for Christmas. When this broke, I did not have a problem and I knew that if it was going to come to this I would come home. I came home last night.