Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

For the third time, there are draft terms of reference which will be communicated to the Opposition and if there are issues it wishes to raise it may raise them there. However, if the Opposition is trying to find another means, beyond the report of the Civil Service, to ascertain what happened in this case, there is no necessity for that because the report from the senior civil servant will confirm all of the issues about which people have questions.

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