Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I am sorry, but I beg to differ with the Tánaiste here. The Supreme Court judgment said, and I quote from the Minister for Finance's letter to the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts in July 2009, that "delegated legislation cannot make, repeal or amend any law" and adds that to the extent to which the parent Act purports to confer such a power, it will be invalid having regard to the provisions of the Constitution. Legislation is required to transfer that authority to carry out the audit of the DDDA by the Comptroller and Auditor General's office. This apparently is an absolute unholy scandal and has been referred to by Deputy Hogan on frequent occasions and by Deputy Rabbitte et al on others.

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