Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I will not put a limit in terms of a number of days on it. The technical issues are important and must be addressed. The Government must be in a position to make the correct decision.

Regarding the question on the amounts involved, as Professor Honohan pointed out this morning, it is a technical matter that must be evaluated on that basis. No precise figure can be given at this stage because of the very considerations Deputies advanced in the course of the debate.

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