Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

——but today we are talking about whether further moneys were being voted in the Supplementary Estimate.

The second point I would make relates to matters raised by Deputy Bruton. There is a programme commitment about revising and seeing how we can improve the economic regulatory environment generally. That does not take away from the work of any parliamentary committee. These are matters that are dealt with. Departments proceed with their agendas and in many cases the parliamentary committees augment some of that scrutiny and examination. One does not take away from the other. I do not see the problem.

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