Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

I know he would be happy to be treated the same as everybody else. The Minister for Finance has constitutional responsibility for the administration of all public funds. As Senator O'Rourke said, what Senator Ryan suggested is touching on a dictatorial type of regime. If this is a flavour of a new potential rainbow between my two colleagues on the right I would have some concerns. Effectively what the Senator is saying is that the Taoiseach should be in a position to overrule normal procedures.