John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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We are not doing the talking. I am not sure how one can characterise the release of documents to the committee as an attempt to frustrate the committee. If people have an issue on the timing, that is fair enough. If these documents had arrived this evening, then the Chairman would have a legitimate issue. We should ask the Minister for Finance and the Department to explain their reasoning and to come before the committee. I cannot speak for them with regard to what their response might be but we should just get on with this hearing now. We are agonising over issues that have been talked to death, to be honest. We should just get on with our work.