The Criticism of the Public Accounts Committee

Fernando: I am prone to being very scathing about politicians and backbenchers saying they're no good or we don't get the right caliber. But watching the committee system work in terms of the RTE scandal, some of these people quite impressive. Ryan Tobrid, Noel Kelly quite rightly had their legal representatives with them. The Araptis Committee system has been under pressure to be more respectful to people appearing before them.