Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

That legislation will, hopefully, be next year. I indicated to the House yesterday that the relevant legislation to provide legal certainty in respect of the matter raised by the Ombudsman had in fact been enacted prior to this inquiry having taken place. Any Deputy is entitled to come to the House and give their views in regard to matters, particularly in regard to any points of view that have policy implications.

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