Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I do not care how far it goes back. The bottom line is that Mr. Doyle spoke about transparency. This does not help the Department's case in that regard, and it does not help anybody to think that €4 billion should not be accounted for and that local authorities should be treated differently when it is being accounted for by everybody else. This is about grants. What is Mr. Doyle's opinion when local authorities do not turn up in the High Court and end up having to foot the bill for costs? They do not file a defence, a motion is brought by the other side to get them to file a defence and they have to pay the costs involved. Is that not public money? It comes out of the public purse.