Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)

Some of the recommendations will not provide the savings envisaged. The special group was interested in bringing about savings. One of its recommendations related to merging the Irish Takeover Panel with the Competition Authority. I am informed that such a merger could lead to an unnecessary policy conflict and would not be in line with best international practice. As a result, the recommendation relating to the merger must be disregarded.

There is a further recommendation relating to the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, IAASA, which-----

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