Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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This is linked. The ODCE was to be replaced by the Corporate Enforcement Agency. The expectation was that would happen in January. My understanding is that there was an error in the legislation as well as an issue around the provision of gardaí and that there was a memorandum of understanding, MOU. What role did the Department have in the MOU? Has it been signed at this stage? When the Garda Síochána was in recently, we were told it would be within weeks. A huge level of frustration was expressed when it was discovered in FOI. We are seeing cases, for example, the FAI case. People are wondering where it is. I do not think that the new body has the extent of powers that it should have but the very fact that these new and expanded powers are not in place yet is a huge frustration.