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:

The most important thing is the women concerned and how they are dealt with but a scoping inquiry is a good idea. These things often go wrong when people do not think very carefully about the terms of reference, about who does the investigation and how it is done. As I said earlier to Deputy Cullinane, speed is important and a focus on costs is helpful.

The quicker it is done, the cheaper it is. There are also different methods. On the one we are discussing, which is entirely unconnected with the purposes of this meeting, it is good to think carefully about it to ensure we get the right combination of speed, transparency and that the victims are at the centre of it.