Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

The Deputy is free to look at it. The implementation of a particular initiative has stages. With regard to the partial loan guarantee, one publishes a Bill on a certain date and has it passed on a certain date. We are willing to commit to the publication date of the Bill and we commit to delivering by quarters. The Deputy, who has been around this House for nearly as long as I have, will realise the number of times Bills are not published for four years after the date on which they are due to be published. In the interests of an employment strategy, Departments will stick to them and be held accountable for them. This is a significant change in the approach to delivering public service. The Deputy should be good enough to recognise that this a fresh and different approach. Clearly, we have to be accountable.

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