Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 September 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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Deputy Connolly knows that an official who is a member of the board of directors will be told he or she has a fiduciary duty to the company and cannot discuss the matter with the committee outside a board meeting, or even with the Minister. That conflict arises for State appointees to State boards.