Mr. Brian Purcell:

There is certainly an issue with the volume of correspondence coming through. It is the case, as I mentioned earlier, that sometimes briefings are given orally to Ministers about particular matters. There would not always be a trail although, as I said earlier, one of the side effects or consequences of everything that has happened is that there is and will be a significantly-increased volume of things going to the Minister. People are asking "should that go up?" and are not taking a chance and sending things up the line. Some things would go through to the Minister while other things would not. Sometimes there are oral briefings and other times not. Occasionally, it must be said, sometimes mistakes are made. I am not saying that sometimes it does not happen that something should have gone on but did not go. There can be any number of reasons why something would not go.