Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 12 November 2015
Public Accounts Committee
2014 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Vote 3: Office of the Attorney General
Vote 5: Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
Vote 6: Office of the Chief State Solicitor
10:00 am
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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That is a different question. I am shocked that the answer to my question is that this does not happen, not only regularly but as a matter of fact in the conduct of the business of the State relative to the appointment of legal representatives. It is not right that it would continue. Mr. O'Daly's office should engage proactively on this issue in terms of the Government and the direction it is taking, despite that doing so might be crossing into policy areas. The amount involved is considerable. In the case I mentioned, €267,000 of taxpayers' money involved. There are many examples of cases like that from which the conclusion could be drawn that taxpayers' money is being squandered.