Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

On Deputy Boyle's point, we have enough bureaucracy in the system and I do not believe we need more independent NGOs telling us what to do. The decisions on our tax system and the laws we pass are matters for the Oireachtas, the Members of which are accountable to the people. I do not buy into the concept that we must appoint someone who is answerable to nobody to tell us what to do. The decisions in question involve political judgments.

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