Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his question. Yes, I accept that because it is the truth. The Deputy has put the truth on the record of this House. It if was simply a matter of inflation, we would not need an inquiry and we would not be asking which entities and companies, if any, and which individuals or key roles did not discharge their responsibilities correctly. Certainly inflation is a piece of this.

The Deputy has seen the documentation and he has followed this closely. While inflation is a piece of it, it does not explain all of this and, therefore, we need to allow PwC analyse what went wrong in other areas. I have my own thoughts on that but I will come back to the Deputy in that regard as I know he wants to speak.

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