Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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That is interesting. To address the issue of the IBRC, there is an ongoing case and the witness was not in a position to appear before the committee when we last discussed the matter. I was extremely frustrated by the way in which the issue was handled at that meeting because we were essentially told by the relevant officials that, on account of the ongoing case, they had been legally advised not to answer questions. This was not much different from the answers given to parliamentary questions on 7 and 11 September 2017, which pre-dated the legal case, in terms of the level of scrutiny of the IBRC liquidation. The statement of claim had not been made at that stage as it occurred only a few days before the meeting took place. However, the statement of claim would have issues now.

I do not have the transcript with me for that section of the meeting. I recall that Mr. Carville said at the time that when they got the statement of claim, they might be able to tell us more. Having got the statement of claim-----