Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The figures are included in our documentation but they are completely at odds with the figures which the Minister of State has just presented. The figures which were sent to members of the committee, which is supposed to approve these Estimates, say that the original number of court proceedings was between 3,000 and 3,500. As a result of the Revised Estimate they are now 3,000 to 3,500. The Minister of State is telling us that those figures are not accurate. I will not make a big issue of it but there is an issue here in respect of accurate information being provided to the committee when it is being asked to approve Estimates. We do not have the fullest of information before us.