Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I appeal to Members opposite for some perspective and a degree of patience in this regard.

It is not uncommon for Opposition Members to decry the amount of time a commission of inquiry might take. We have experience of inquiries that went on for years that we expected to be conducted very speedily. Once one establishes a commission one has no real control over the timeframe. It might suit politically for people to demand a commission, even though it is patently obvious that the most expeditious way is the route mapped out by the Minister to get the full facts into the public domain-----

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