Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The CCPC already does something similar concerning financial services. Representatives from the CCPC attended this committee and I met them separately as well. It struck me that the volume of correspondence received on this subject indicates there is a view among people that perhaps the CCPC should have a role in this regard. The work the agency does on financial services does not impinge on its other endeavours. Between now and Report Stage, I ask the Minister of State to give some more consideration to this proposal. I do not think it would in any way cross over into other functions, because this type of activity is done already by the CCPC. Therefore, I ask the Minister of State to reflect on my suggestion and see if there might be some sort of a role for the CCPC in this regard. That so many people have contacted the agency shows there is an appetite for the CCPC to have some role in this area.