When the Department of Finance appeared at the Public Accounts Committee on 8 May it was a good opportunity for the committee to examine the performance of the Department under the tenure of outgoing Secretary General John Moran, who had announced his resignation the previous day.

I chose to look at how Mr Moran had reformed the Department in light of the independent recommendations made by the Wright Report following the economic collapse. You can watch this session here.

Later I examined some of the headline figures and targets as contained in the Department’s Strategy For Growth (Medium Term Review) document, which was published as we exited the bailout. You can watch the exchange here.