Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Public Accounts Committee

State Claims, Management of Legal Costs and Policy on Open Disclosure
Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE

9:00 am

Mr. Tony O'Brien:

I have not refused. The Deputy is putting words in my mouth. I will put it to the Deputy a slightly different way. Public organisations are one of the few places where all accountability passes upwards. I do not seek to run the organisation that way. The entire time I have been there, in accordance with Government policy, I have been trying to create accountability at the appropriate levels. I am not about to give everyone a get-out-of-jail-free card but I am accepting-----