Michael McDowell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister of State and offer our apology for delaying him. I will just make one point because I have to be elsewhere. We are very anxious the terms of reference of the committee should be fully respected and that draft statutory instruments should be made available to us. When we use the term “draft statutory instruments”, we do not want somebody saying there is a document which is sub-draft and delaying the concept of "draft" to the last moment. We want to see what is in substance being proposed and what will appear in draft statutory instrument and to see it as soon as it is available.