Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will point out the State is bound by EU law to fully resource competent authorities, including a competition authority. That safeguard is in place. If any future Government decided not to adequately resource the CCPC, it would be going against the EU. The provision the Deputy is proposing to delete is a standard enough provision for statutory bodies, such as the CCPC. The 2003 legislation establishing Science Foundation Ireland contained a similar provision. Indeed, the legislation that was before the committee just last year relating to the Corporate Enforcement Authority, CEA, also contained similar provisions. It is not something new that is being introduced-----