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Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Can they tell us anything?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Is a definition of the secret service available publicly?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Which Oireachtas did that?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: That committee agreed, on behalf of all Members, that we would not ask any questions. Is that the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: They use it for their activities.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: That is interesting. To address the issue of the IBRC, there is an ongoing case and the witness was not in a position to appear before the committee when we last discussed the matter. I was extremely frustrated by the way in which the issue was handled at that meeting because we were essentially told by the relevant officials that, on account of the ongoing case, they had been legally...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: There is no statement of claim.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Having read what is available publicly about this, it is a kind of case that does not involve the State being sued for money, compensation or anything like that. I asked the last day if the plaintiff has standing to take this case, first of all. Have we a view on that or can we say?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: The individual involved is taking it as a director of the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation, which is an advocacy group in a sense for people in debt difficulty and mortgage arrears and so on, which would be honourable enough. Obviously this is going to cost money. May I ask formally would the Department consider allowing this committee to make contact with the plaintiff's representatives...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: We would not be interested in wasting our time but if it could save the State money, get rid of this case and at the same time ask the pertinent questions to which the public would be entitled given the expenditure involved in the ongoing liquidation, would that not tick a lot of boxes for people?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I know it would be unusual but I ask the Chairman that the committee would consider doing so and that we would communicate with the representatives for the plaintiff to see in the interests of the taxpayer if they might consider pulling back their case, on the basis that we were happy to ask questions pertinent to the oversight of the IBRC expenditure. It would serve all parties well. I...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: It is a very serious request. It is nice to be pioneering now and again and, if it saves taxpayers' money, why not?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I will always help.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: That is their choice.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: He might say "No" but I just think it is worth asking, that is all.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: At the meeting the last day it was agreed that we would ask Mr. Carville for sight of the contract in private. The Chairman pointed out that it was possible for the committee to view things and not publish them. Mr. Carville said he would check that. We also asked for the minutes from the update meetings. He indicated that was a reasonable request and that they should be able to provide...

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Did we not ask for the minutes?

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: There is nothing personal here. If we did not ask for them, we did not ask for them.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: Okay, that is a bit of an issue. We asked for more than that at the meeting but I would say the key question was whether we could have the minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Apr 2018)

Marc MacSharry: I have a problem with that. If we need a proposer and seconder to every suggestion-----