Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not in a position to give Deputy Burton an answer to her question on the MARP but I will look into the matter. It is overseen by both my Department and the Department of Justice and Equality and I will write to the Deputy with an answer in the coming days.

Deputies Durkan and McGrath asked about the roles of the different entities. If companies are active in Ireland, they should answer questions the Oireachtas puts to them. I am in a different committee every week and I do not see why financial entitles should not be able to answer questions the Oireachtas wants answered. Deputy McGrath asked about the entities in question being outside regulatory reach and I am looking at the code we have in place at the moment. The code was successful in averting some of the darker predictions made at different points in our recent history, and if we need to make further changes to ensure the objectives of the code are delivered on, I will make those changes.

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