Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has appointed KPMG to investigate a sale in which it was involved. Many of its directors also had links with Siteserv. This is an old boys network that is in place. Two weeks ago, the Tánaiste told myself and other Deputies that there would be an independent inquiry into this by a competent authority and now we have KPMG investigating itself. Can the Minister say why Walter Hobbs, who was the overseer of the sale, is also a director of KPMG? Mr. Hobbs defended the sale on a "Prime Time" programme and he also has shares in three companies.

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