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

I thank Deputies from all sides of the House for their constructive, informed and insightful contributions to the debate. I thank colleagues for their positive proposals. On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Brendan Howlin and the Government, I assure the House we will consider all those proposals on Committee Stage to see if they can be worked into the general scheme of the Bill in order to improve it.

It is very much an open view we have with regard to improving the legislation.

Given the scale of the collapse in this country because of what happened, we need to construct not just our political system but our regulatory and banking system in such a way as to encourage contrary people with ideas to challenge us all the way. I am not referring to my erstwhile colleague as a contrary individual at all.

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