Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the Minister and I take his word as to there being a legislative basis or not. The key question I had, because we are dealing with the powers of the inquiry and so on, was that I thought there would be provision in this legislation to make sure. This could be subject to severe legal challenges depending on what happens in the future. Is the Minister informing the committee that under this legislation and the establishment of an inquiry, the inquiry chairperson or team will have the power to invite or compel - maybe he would explain that - other actors or persons to come before the inquiry to give evidence and to accept submissions in its case. I just thought given that this section is on notice of inquiry, submissions, attendance, and adjournment, it only deals with the person concerned and I thought it might be appropriate to have-----