Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to support the proposal of the Chairman. Instead of us writing to several Departments we should write to the Minister for Finance and ask for his Department's assessment and that it consult with the other relevant Departments, namely, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation.

Instead of us writing to several Departments, we should write to the Minister for Finance and ask not only for his Department's assessment but that it would consult with the other relevant Departments, namely the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, and for the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to revert to the committee with the considered response and assessment of the proposals made by Deputy MacSharry.