Sean Barrett (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister and my colleagues for a good discussion on exempt agencies. As I do not want to delay the Minister in his reform agenda I suggest that the Bill list the principles rather than the agencies, provided it does not require a vast amount of work. I have been fairly hard on exempt agencies and do not wish to press the point on amendments Nos. 2 and 4. Exempt agencies have been given a good run. The fear is that a garda who knocks on a door while conducting an investigation might be told that the agency concerned is exempt. That would not make for strong rule of law or the accountability which the Minister and I desire.