Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Public Accounts Committee
2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach
9:00 am
Mr. Martin Fraser:
I do not have it to hand. The first thing to say is that we only pay for this. It is actually established by the Oireachtas. The terms of reference were set by the Oireachtas and changed by the Oireachtas. The Oireachtas legislated to give this commission of investigation extra powers. I have almost no influence over this other than that I have to pay the bills for it.