Ms Rhoda Mac Manus:

I do not know. I have assumed over the years that it is the fault of the system of the Civil Service. When the civil servants have finished their work on helping with the drafting of a Bill, the information goes into a filing cabinet. Those civil servants get promoted or are moved sideways, and then totally new civil servants come to the job. They start from scratch and do not look back at the history of anything, just as the Senator, as a member of this committee, is hearing for the first time what we said to other politicians previously. I assume that is the reason; I just do not know.