Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will help inform the Minister. The last time his Government awarded an additional €17,000 to a super junior Minister was through a statutory instrument, and that was raised on the floor of the Dáil and in committees by me. There are parliamentarians who pay close attention to what Government does behind closed doors. That is the reason directions given to this agency in this legislation should be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Houses of the Oireachtas, which is the democratically elected body on behalf of the Irish people, should be able to decide to annul a direction if it so wishes.