Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The position is that if the Dáil collapses or fails and there is a general election, that inquiry collapses. It cannot be restarted or reinitiated under a new Dáil. There has been a lot of discussion and commentary about the banking inquiry, as well as a lot of investment and expenditure on it and hype raised about it. It may not be achieving what certain people wanted it to achieve from day one, but the bottom line is that it is reasonable to ask for a debate on that so that we can get clarity as to whether the banking inquiry will fulfil its remit-----

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