Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It was a request that was made in collaboration and in the full knowledge that there had been a long, detailed discussion between the Government and the regulator about what could be done to protect jobs and what was a feasible move and what was a legal move. The regulator would have discussed this with the Government and agreed whether this was a reasonable thing to do. The Government made a decision and said this was what it wanted to happen. It requested this of the regulator and the regulator came back and said this was how it would implement it.