Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

A Supplementary Estimate will be necessary later this year; we have already made that clear. I do not know about an all-party committee but the Cabinet sub-committee, made up of the Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance, the Attorney General and myself, has reflected on whether there are other areas of Government where regulations may not be on a sound footing. In December, I asked the assistant secretary with responsibility for finance for an audit in my Department and we may need some legal expertise to ensure that what has emerged in this instance could not happen in any other area of public administration.

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