Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is what a responsible Government does. A responsible Government also garners the facts. Let us do that. We do not need faux outrage. What we need are the facts. Gather the facts and then Government will make a proper determination when it has the information. That is what some of the Deputy's colleagues on the Opposition benches have rightly called for. We need to go through this by means of an external review. We will get to the bottom of this. Breaching the public sector spending code is not consequence free.

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