Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his additional questions. As I have already indicated, the commission is a statutory independent inquiry. We discussed a number of things and I will bring that report to Government next week. In terms of the wide range of issues that were discussed, we reviewed the terms of reference. It is up to the commission to identify changes to the terms of reference whether it is to extend its powers or the scope of its investigation. It is up to the commission and not up to me to second guess that.

The other thing to note on some of the issues the Deputy identified is that I will be in contact with representative groups. The commission has until February 2018 to report. I am satisfied from my meetings that it is on target for that date.

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