Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

There are two issues. The first is the obligation of organisations in receipt of substantial sums of taxpayers' money from the State for the delivery of services to be fully transparent and accountable. That should be the case. There is also the issue of the very good work that organisations such as Rehab do, along with many of the other charities that have been in the public domain in respect of issues with regard to salaries, etc., in the past months. There is an obligation to the volunteers working for the organisations and the people relying on them for services, as well as the many people who contribute very generously to the charities concerned, that there be full information on where money goes. There should be details of levels of payment and so on, so the information should be made available.

The Taoiseach has already expressed his view on Mr. Flannery's attendance at the Committee of Public Accounts and it is a matter for the committee to pursue the issue with Mr. Flannery. My view is clear that he should attend, so I encourage him to do so.

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