Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The legislation provides for guidelines. I asked the gentleman from education which section of the Act prescribed that and he quoted the section of the Act which allowed for the making of the guidelines. Guidelines are just that, guidelines. This is in the interests of all of the people. As I said at the meeting, even if all of the allegations were vexatious, why would everyone not be interested in having a process which was beyond reproach in circumstances where the current one is not. This was a significant issue which has caused a lot of trouble. There has been correspondence to all of us to pursue it. Why can we not have an independent investigation or reinvestigation of all of that? I am not asking for a commission of investigation or tribunal or anything like that. I note regarding the question of whether the Department of Public Enterprise and Reform ever comes back on the Chairman's correspondence that we need a very prescribed process. A process should never be overseen or facilitated by the fox rather than the hens. That stands to reason.