David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It has not gone up yet. Would it not have been better for the terms of reference to be published earlier so that when we met the Minister we would be informed of what the terms of reference were? We are meeting today blind. We can have a discussion but we do not have the terms of reference. They are not up on the Department's website and yet we are having a discussion today. The terms of reference will be crucial to the effectiveness of the operation and it is a mistake that the Minister has not published the terms of reference in advance of the committee meeting this morning.