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

Thank you very much, Deputy. I'm going to move towards a wrap-up. I'll just deal with a couple of questions and then I'm going to conclude with the two lead questioners. I just want to revisit one question that was ... I think Deputy O'Donnell engaged with you this morning ... I just need a bit of clarity on it ... it's during your tenure as Secretary General as to what was the role of the Department of Finance in overseeing the Financial Regulator. If you could explain to us, Mr. Considine, was this role restricted to legislative issues related to the implementation of the new regulatory system or did it expand beyond that?