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

I have given the Deputy the assurance he needs in the House. I have given him the assurance of the Minister for Finance and the assurance of the Attorney General, who is the legal adviser to the Government. Any reading of the terms of reference clearly embraces this. It was specifically in response to concerns raised by Deputies that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, included within the investigation the issue here on contractual obligations agreed during the relevant period but not executed until after. It was very clearly in response to concerns to make sure the terms of reference covered this that they were framed in this way.

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