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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Will the Deputy say that again?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Minister is not responsible to the Committee of Public Accounts, it is the Accounting Officer of the Department of Finance.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The liquidator is just a hired company.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The IBRC in liquidation is not responsible. The only person representing the IBRC now is the liquidator. It is the IBRC in situ.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes. The question is, as the Deputy said, it seems to be freewheeling away.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: It has the cheque book.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We definitely need to follow through. I am not quite sure exactly but we need to give it a bit of consideration.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Correct.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Is that the Central Fund?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: What if there is a shortfall?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: We know well who will pay them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The public pays. This sounds very interesting. The Comptroller and Auditor General is saying that in his report, about which he cannot get into the detail until he publishes it later on in the month, there will be a chapter on bank whatever he called it. What did you call it?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: IBRC etc. are all in there.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: So the door is open.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The door is open.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: The Deputy's point is very clear.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: To get it in under the remit of the committee, given that it is not voted expenditure, all I am saying is that Mr. McCarthy's chapter opens the door for it to be within our remit. We can isolate the point the Deputy is making and deal with it separately. I just want to say that it will come within our remit once Mr. McCarthy refers to that topic-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: And we will. We are coming to our work programme and we are clear on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Fleming: That might be a conclusion. We cannot reach that conclusion before we do our work.