Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. Fraser is here as Accounting Officer to discuss the 2016 accounts and provide an update. Every week when we examine Department's 2016 accounts, we receive an update. Our discussions are not purely historical, as we want to make them relevant. Mr. Fraser is not obliged to discuss any policy matter or answer any question for the Taoiseach, but his advice as Accounting Officer is relevant for us. We are not asking Mr. Fraser to relay the view the Taoiseach expressed in those conversations. That is my understanding of the situation. It is not for Mr. Fraser to speak for the Taoiseach, only to speak for himself as Accounting Officer.