Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I agree with the Chairman completely. The Department of Finance has point-blank refused to do that. We have tabled various parliamentary questions on it and my party colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath has published legislation which would enable the IFAC to carry out that role. All the Department of Finance is willing to do at the moment is to cost an individual proposal but it will not cost a package of proposals because the proposals in a package can interact with one another. The Department will only cost individual items. The Minister for Finance has refused to allow his Department to cost any package of proposals. That is why the Chairman's suggestion is worthwhile because the public is entitled to know these things before the election.