Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This Supreme Court action was taken under the 1946 Act. It was not taken under the Act passed in 2012. It preceded that. That is important in terms of timing. In drafting the 2012 Act, we were aware of this pending action and have sought to make the legislation robust to such challenges. Obviously, we have not yet got a final order from the Supreme Court nor have we got advice from the Attorney General so I will not speculate on any of those avenues about which the Deputy is asking.

In respect of the transfer of the questions to the Department of Finance, these are matters of ministerial responsibility in different areas but there are questions on access to finance down here which I am answering later on the floor.

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