Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The resolution is not in breach. I appreciate the Deputy's point about immediate adequate notice of the report and it is a fair one. However, in strict legislative terms, the statutory requirement is that the reporting period of the report ends not later than 21 days before the moving of the resolution. While the Deputy may have made the same point last year, at least this year the matter has been clarified for him to the effect that there is no strict legal obligation in that connection.

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