Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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One of the matters that was clear at the previous session was that the witnesses were not in a position to answer and they said they would convey the information to the committee, in fairness to their good intentions. The letter states that local management was contacted and this is the answer, namely, that all vehicles are accounted for. Part of the potential issue is that with the best will in the world, the Secretary General is the Accounting Officer, while the head of the Prison Service in County Longford is not, perhaps, fully up to speed with what is going on and he is dependent on local management which may not be as candid as it should be in answers to certain questions.

It would be useful for us to get on with a good exchange at the committee. I promise to try to temper my tone to keep the media and certain former witnesses happy-----