Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

I would welcome an examination by the Joint Committee on Transport of the reports on that matter, once they are published by the Railway Safety Commission. Ultimately, however, the Deputy and I will never agree on this matter, as I am the person responsible. I am the person who has to answer questions in the House and I am not going to allow a committee to appoint a chairperson, unless the committee is prepared to take full responsibility for all of his actions.

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