Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I hope we can reach an all-party agreement on it. I believe we will. It is important that we establish one. I do not believe it is desirable to entrench it in legislation. Deputy Jim O'Keeffe referred to the example of the Committee of Public Accounts. However, it hears the audits of accounts for a whole range of Departments. In this case, it is only a single statutory authority.

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