Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We would like to be satisfied that the Department has received legal advice not to come but has not been precluded from attending. There is a difference between the two. The education and training board also informed the committee last week that it had been advised not to answer questions, even though there was nothing to preclude it from doing so. This is the second time exactly the same phraseology has been used by witnesses appearing before us. There is a difference. Mr. Carville gets the point.