Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have nothing else to say. We will consider the matter in due course. If we are to put this into primary legislation, we will need the representative organisations to buy into it. That support is not there currently, but that is not to say it could not happen in the future. If the organisations express a unanimous view, or a near-unanimous view, the question of whether this should be done by means of regulation through the Central Bank or by means of legislation will arise. I will raise what the Deputy has said with the Minister, Deputy Noonan, in advance of the Seanad discussions.

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