Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Dail Éireann — 2023-01-24 ============================================================ Paul Murphy (PBP), Dublin South-West It makes no difference whatsoever. They are two arms of Fine Gael. The Minister is responsible for SIPO. He is meant to know this stuff. In 2017, the Minister became aware of the issue around the use of a van in 2016. Why on earth did he proceed to do the same thing all over again in 2020? --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2023-01-24/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-27T06:54:42+00:00 Sitting date: 2023-01-24