Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I understand that such a motion is not necessary. The Comptroller and Auditor General has the relevant constitutional responsibility and discharges it very well. Indeed his reports are often referred to and lauded in this House in terms of the issues they raise and the forensic examination they undertake in various aspects of public expenditure. The use of the existing mechanisms one expects to find in the Comptroller and Auditor General's office for such a purpose should instil public confidence. I do not see why one should question that vehicle.

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