Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I ask our guests to be as succinct as possible in their responses. During a Dáil debate on 21 May, which I believe was the fourth occasion on which Ministers dismissed any suggestion of potential difficulties in this sector, in response to questions, both the then Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, and the then Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, said they could not provide the Dáil with the number of inspections that had been carried out in meat plants because it was confidential information. My question is to the Health and Safety Authority. What was the legal basis for determining that information was confidential and could not be shared with Ministers? When did that confidentiality change, considering that within a week it was provided in media outlets and the HSE is in a position to provide us with that information today?