Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

He was given those assurances when he asked the questions because of the concerns he had about this issue. I am telling Deputy Martin that the Minister met them and was given this assurance by the chairman and chief executive of the board, appointed under Deputy Martin's Administration. Deputy Martin should understand and appreciate that I do not want anything untoward or wrong about this deal so I spoke to the Minister for Finance this morning. In the interests of everybody here, there will be a further release under freedom of information tomorrow, which I think will include minutes of meetings, or so the Minister informed me, in the Department of Finance which will set out his position very clearly. This is why I know the Deputy does not want to impugn his integrity. From the point of view of a constitutional responsibility and remit for value for money, the Minister is very happy that the Comptroller and Auditor General should look at this. He is completely independent in his analysis of value for money as was the assurance given by the chief executive and the chairman to the Minister for Finance.

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