Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the spirit of the recommendation but we want to do more than what is recommended in it. I do not want to tie my hands just to producing a report. It would be only half of what is needed. What we would do with that report and the measures we would put in it and introduce are the key issue. We will be getting to that point. A report is step 1 along a more important process but I accept it is step 1 and that we need that information. Some of that will be decided at Government level by the three parties in the Government taking account of the priorities. Parties in the Government will have particular priorities based on the programme for Government as well as any report that comes to light. I am satisfied there will be ample reports on the exact topic but more than that will be required to come to a conclusion on matters and events in the context of next year’s Finance Bill.