Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the inclusion of this amendment. It is welcome that a report will be before brought forward to give the Houses of the Oireachtas the opportunity to discuss this transaction. The report will include detail, including information on the money from the sale.

I presume it will be possible for the report to be negative about the proceeds or the survival of the networks after the sale. It must contain all of the good and the bad. Amendment No. 1 provides that "The Minister shall, not later than one year after the commencement of this Part, lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report on the operation of this Act." Would it be possible for this legislation to provide that the report must be considered by the Dáil rather than by a joint committee?

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