Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fail)

There has been a convention on this type of body which is being set up as a direct result of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. Especially given the international dimension, the Minister for Finance is more disposed to take on trust the necessity for the expenditures involved and, in practice, does not intervene in institutions of this type. Therefore, I query the need for this amendment. I am not sure it would be a good idea to bring in more conventional Government accounting mechanisms to a body of this type.