By the time the findings are made public chances are Makhlouf will be unpacking his designer bags in Dublin preparing to take over Ireland's central bank where he's either screwed a much better salary deal out of the bank than his predecessor, either that or he's prepared to take a significant pay cut to get out of here.
Two years ago the Irish Governor was paid more than $200,000 less than Makhlouf was on at Treasury at almost $670,000.
But if last night was uncomfortable they were doing their best not to show it.
There was the obligatory kind words by the Wellbeing architect Robertson, but Treasury's relationship with this Government hasn't been an easy one.
Jacinda Ardern's sensitive tea boy in her kitchen Cabinet Phil Twyford last year called Treasury officials "kids" when they rightly said before the dry rot had set in that the Government's Kiwibuild promises were too ambitious.
Ardern was obviously wrong to disagree with the kids then though, when she said the Government would "just get on and build houses" to prove them wrong.
Wrong.
That was a year ago and they've built just 119 when they'd promised to be knocking the final nails into the 1000th house by now.
Ardern wasn't there to pay homage to Makhlouf last night and neither was her deputy Winston Peters who said he had too many other things on his plate.
He's never been a great fan of the Treasury boffins either, essentially because he's not all that keen on advice.
Before the last election he came close to accusing them of being political, saying they always put a rosy, and reassuring glow, on this country's economic outlook.
Look under the bonnet, he invited, and the superficial gloss and illusion of a strong economy evaporates.
Funny, he doesn't criticise them on that front these days though.
