Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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To cut to the chase, I put it to Mr. Moran that the Department, albeit not under his leadership, has not exactly cloaked itself in glory in respect of illuminating very much, it seems, certainly in respect of Siteserv and potentially further transactions. Mr. Moran’s consistent theme this morning has been that all of these things happened and that he was unaware of them because he was not afforded the visibility required to ascertain exactly what was going on. I note from the documentation that has been released under FOI and the documents we have that Mr. Moran was conscious for a number of years that there was public disquiet specifically around Siteserv, and obviously that penetrated to the Department. Could I put it to Mr. Moran that, given the turn of events and his statement that he was essentially locked out from a lot of the information to which, in my view and that of the committee, the Department should have had access, it is astonishing that he would deem it appropriate in any way to suggest or recommend to the Minister that what amounts to an in-house, insider review by the special liquidator was the most effective or the most illuminating way to proceed. I am astonished by that.