Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that. Will the Minister make available departmental officials who make the calls in relation to money messages so committee members, who wish to engage, can get a better understanding of the strict criteria used to determine whether a money message is required or not? It is deeply confusing. Sometimes we try to introduce legislation that we cannot even present on the floor of the Dáil because it would have a charge on the public purse. Sometimes we are allowed. Sometimes it passes on Second Stage and then we find on Committee Stage there is a money message required. There seems to be a lack of consistency. To better inform us all of the criteria used, it would be greatly appreciated if the Minister would make some of his officials available to whichever members of this committee wanted to engage with them.