Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This is beyond my role. The Taoiseach allocates functions to various Departments. The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, outlined that and other issues on Second Stage. I will raise it with the Department and the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, because I can see the concerns. While it may not be the priority of the Committee on Justice in its legislative reform programme, I have significant experience from my past life of doing audits for estate agents and auctioneers when the Property Services Regulatory Authority came into being, as well as experience with its work and its robust nature. There was a journey to get letters of engagements and implementing new structures for estate agents and auctioneers to work under. There is a reporting regime. As the Deputies pointed out, there are challenges with the voluntary code. I will raise what has been said this morning with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien.