Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

He wrote Jiving at the Crossroads for myself and former Deputy, Seán Doherty. We are mentioned in it, fairly or unfairly.

The provision does not provide that the Government would dismiss the chief executive officer if he or she made a comment at a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts. The chairperson, Dorothea Dowling, will not be gagged by anybody. She is most effective in her work and I wish her every success. We want her to be forthright and open. I am delighted she is on our side of this argument as far as the PIAB is concerned.