Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Given that any proposal to have an inquiry would require the permission of a House, my view is that any person's request for a proposed investigation, the duration of which might remotely extend for two years, would not even get off the floor of the House. Even if an Administration fell, it would be within the gift of the new Administration to recommence an investigation by seeking the papers from the previous Administration under Standing Orders.