Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Chairman, the statements have arrived too late, which is not fair to members, to the committee or to anyone. It is inappropriate. We have to spend a great deal of time preparing for these meeting. There is a significant level of correspondence. These statements are central to the proceedings but they arrived three quarters of a hour before the start of the meeting. We have to digest them. We have to shape our day in the Dáil around these meetings. In normal circumstances I would ask that the meeting be postponed because of the late arrival of the statements. This is totally unacceptable.

We must plan our days around committee meetings. To get crucial evidence, answers and statements 45 minutes before a meeting is frankly insulting.