Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 2 - Department of An Taoiseach

9:00 am

Mr. Martin Fraser:

It is the commission of investigation into IBRC and Siteserv because it has more tribunal-like powers. Everyone knows very much today that it is not just about how much it costs or how long it takes, although how long it takes is really important, but the commission of investigation model is stronger in terms of spending, which is the Committee of Public Accounts' concern. There are other tribunals. Deputy Murphy has heard me speak about this in another space. I have an estimate of how much all tribunals and inquiries cost and it is an enormous amount. Obviously the Committee of Public Accounts-----