Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 October 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Deloitte Report on Cost of Care in Grace Case

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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I will ask a number of quick questions because we are under time pressure. My first point is more for the Chairman, after which I will get to Mr. O'Brien. It is unacceptable for an Accounting Officer who appears before the Committee of Public Accounts, having been invited specifically to respond to queries and concerns raised by us and others regarding an earlier draft of a report, to say that he did not see the draft. The people who did see the drafts and corresponded with Deloitte are possibly not in the room, which means that we cannot put questions to Mr. O'Brien on which he could confer with those who were in correspondence. This point is for future reference. We have to do our job.

Who was the person or persons directly involved in liaising with Deloitte on the drafts?