Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Yesterday the Minister for Finance announced an inquiry into the operations of the Department of Finance. Will the terms of that inquiry be published? Will the inquiry examine the role of the Department of the Taoiseach in respect of economic policy over the ten year period that, apparently, the inquiry will cover? For much of the relevant period, the Department of the Taoiseach and the former Taoiseach took the lead on finance on many occasions. Will the inquiry cover both the role of the Department of Finance and the role of the Department of the Taoiseach? Will the Minister publish the terms of the inquiry and will the Minister commit to publishing in full the results of this inquiry?

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