Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015

9:00 am

Ms Ann Nolan:

There are some guarantees that one has to enter into. If I sell the Deputy a car, but I shoot out the tyres subsequently, he might say I have to guarantee that I will not damage the car after I have sold it. There are certain warranties one has to enter into where there is not necessarily a financial-----