Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is still saying he wants to do it. I do not doubt that he wants to do it. I fully agree that if we are selling the national lottery this money should be ring-fenced. Now is the time to put in the legislation how he proposes to do it. I have given him the option of producing the report within one month of the enactment of the Bill. If the Minister is serious about it he should be able to accept the amendment. I will allow the Minister one month after the legislation is passed to put flesh on his good intentions. Good intentions are no good in reality. The Minister said he had agreement from the troika but the troika is leaving Ireland at the end of December. It is here for three years.