Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know that, but we are in a crisis now with this. Mr. Conlan has heard what Deputy Carthy said. He lives in Ulster. He is an Ulster Deputy and his constituency office is servicing the nine counties of Ulster. There is a problem there. What I am asking Mr. Conlan is whether we can put in place a system or do something else to open up such a temporary service to the 18 MPs in the North. I reiterate the point Deputy Carthy made about talking to humans. My secretary normally makes these representations. It works fairly well, by the way, and I thank the staff who man the other end of that phone line. By and large, the feedback is very good. There are representations every day. Could we continue with humans being available where there are problems? Could the Department also come back to us on the MPs?