Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

On the matters arising from the amendments before us, I emphasise that the obligation to conduct the review is on the Minister for Finance. Words such as "consultation", "consultant" and "subcontract" have been used. Under section 13, the obligation to do the review is imposed on the Minister. Clearly, the review must be done before 30 June 2010.

This is not temporary legislation but emergency legislation. It was never expressed to be temporary legislation and is designed to deal with an economic emergency which is increasingly being acknowledged on all sides of the House.

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