Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In light of the professor's comments on Government control, and not talking about any particular Government but in general, of Parliament and of the committee system and given that we are sitting as part of a very important parliamentary committee, has he any observations to make on the fact the Government, in respect of this committee, ensured it had a majority of the membership, despite the original membership which was designed to be nine members? The Government did not have majority by way of the manner in which the votes fell but it subsequently changed it and introduced two additional members to ensure it had a Government majority. Does the professor have any observations to make on that?