Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

There is a process in the committee, a point which already has been mentioned. I do not accept Mr. Carville's answer. I do not expect him to go through this with me, but he accepts Nos. 2 and 3 concerning the duty and responsibility on the Department. Arising from that duty and responsibility, he has to be able to set out to the committee, at any stage and well before a statement of claim, whether he is complying with that duty. That is the key point. Why he would need a statement of claim or could not reply-----