Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I echo Deputy MacSharry's views. I have found the current process and that relating to Project Eagle very frustrating. There is no joined-up thinking on this committee in my view. The work should be divided between members, with each member tasked with forensically examining a particular section and then putting questions that stem from that work to the witnesses. There is too much repetition, from my perspective, in terms of the questions being asked and individual members trying to get soundbites. I am not casting aspersions on anybody but, ultimately, we want to get value from the work of this committee and for it to serve its purpose in the best way possible. To do this, we need to break up the workload. Perhaps, in the context of our discussions on the next phase of the Garda report, we can do what is proposed by Deputy MacSharry. It would be better than members randomly asking questions, repeating questions and sticking to the same topic such that other topics are not being covered at all.