Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The committee can meet and decide in what way it wants to take forward the report. I want to make the point again that the report was brought to the House and it was for the Houses of the Oireachtas to decide how to deal with it, consider it and take whatever action they deemed appropriate. It is a matter for the House to decide, whatever views people outside the House may have on it. We had a debate on it in plenary session. There is now a request that we deal with it in committee. I am not standing in the way of that but it is a matter for us to decide and not, with respect, anyone else. I respect everyone's position on this but the House decides these things.

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