Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Why is the building societies Bill, which is imminent, being introduced to the House by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government? It deals with the issues of demutualising one building society, which would more properly come under the remit of the Department of Finance, and company structure, which would more properly come under the remit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Have these Departments been involved in drafting the Bill?

With regard to the point made by Deputy Kenny, the mediation process involving the Corrib gas field——

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