The Department of Finance has been accused of writing a 'blank cheque' for the inquiry into the sale of SiteServ.
The claims come as the Department admits it can't estimate how much it will have to pay IBRC's liquidators to undertake the inquiry.
Figures from the Department of Finance are attending a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee this afternoon.
Fianna Fáíl's Sean Fleming said he was stunned to learn that there was no budget for the initial inquiry into how SiteServ was sold: