David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can I make one point? It is not directed at the Chairman. It was agreed that we would have four hours and two rounds of questions. These are very difficult and complex issues. We had ten minutes each, which had to include the responses of the Minister and others. For members of the committee, this does not do justice to the matter. I am not blaming the Chairman but just stating a matter of fact. We obviously have to have a discussion ourselves afterwards on what we do next. All of that is bound up with whether the Cabinet will sign off on this next week. That is the source of our frustration. That has to be at least accepted by the Minister. We are up against the clock and cannot carry out the scrutiny that we were told could be done, simply because of time constraints.