Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That is no problem at all. I know Deputy Gilmore is au fait with all the recommendations on these matters about which he is criticising me. One of the recommendations was that Oireachtas Chairs might be incorporated as officeholders for ethics Acts purposes. In order to meet the Deputy's real demand that I try to implement as many of these recommendations as possible, I assure him that letters are about to float across to the Chairs, to ask them what they think of this idea.

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