Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not mandated to speak for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on this but my sense is that the fact it flagged it and said it was not required here is that presumably it is not normal practice that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform's consent is required to receive something. I am open to correction on this. I have received advice from the officials that reinforces what I have said. This is a standard provision in legislation. We are reflecting what is already in other legislation.