Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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We can all give some thought as to recommendations we could make. That is all we can do and it is for others to enforce them. Between now and the next meeting, we could explore the options. Could we recommend that a senior counsel goes in and looks at this stuff? Should we recommend another inquiry or investigation? At the moment, everyone is claiming plausible deniability based on a process but perhaps the process is flawed. As I said at the outset, the process seems flawed but that does not mean we are not entitled to seek answers. On the one hand, we are encouraging whistleblowers to come forward to improve governance and risk management but as soon as they do, the practical reality is that they are thrown under a bus or the shutters come down. Perhaps the secretariat could take advice from the legal office of the Oireachtas to see what we could recommend. Whether it is acted on is a matter for Ministers, Government and other authorities.