Martin Conway (Fine Gael)

I cannot understand why it will take 18 months to do so. Is it that the funding will not be provided in 2011 and that we will have to wait until 2012 for it? Perhaps the Deputy Leader might ascertain from the Minister of State the exact timeframe and why there will be such a delay in proceeding with the inspectorate?

I must agree with what Senator Darragh O'Brien and other speakers said about the bonus culture, about which Members have spoken this week. Bonuses should be a thing of the past. I hope, however, that we are moving from a positon where we are broke to one where we can grow the economy again.