We need to have regulatory impact analyses. The Government would bring it in and Members of the Oireachtas would be able to submit comments and counter proposals. Policy makers and the Cabinet would then come back having addressed each of the proposals. It is a very effective mechanism to improve policy and to create real accountability. I would also like to see a legal advisory capacity. It seems to be one of the areas in which there is a bit of a blind spot for those of us outside the Cabinet, which of course has the Attorney General. I believe former Deputy Gay Mitchell made a recommendation on Oireachtas reform that the Opposition would have access to a high quality legal advisory capacity. For example, I would love to sit down with some experienced lawyers and talk through the bondholder payments and ask whether this transfer of money from private Irish individuals to foreign private investors is legal.

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