Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

I want to finish my point. I challenge the status of this document. In its first lines it states the Government will "not be in a position to verify the integrity of the data until it carries out its own due diligence on each of the loans". Is this a reference or draft document for the information and assistance of all Deputies and to be placed in the Library? It is not a finished document that will go into the Committee Stage process of the legislation.

The concern about this legislation is not confined to spokespersons. The Committee Stage debate should be in this Chamber.

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