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

Okay. You say on page 11 of your witness statement, when you speak about parliamentary scrutiny, that, "As a general observation, it is understandably more likely that parliamentary time and political engagement will arise in respect of specific actions or measures rather than broader policies and options". Is that your experience of what happened in the time that you were Secretary General to the Government - as an observer of parliamentary scrutiny - that the focus was on, you know, specific issues rather than overall policy direction and major systemic issues?