Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Then we are in the same position. The Minister of State is saying this can only be positive but he has no idea what it is. How can he come to the committee and say this can only be positive from the point of view of environmental and non-governmental organisations when he does not actually know what is being proposed? That is the fundamental problem. It is important that we disentangle two things because there is the free legal aid scheme and the cost-setting mechanism for the legal professionals, which we will deal with when we get to them. However, the more basic point is that the Minister of State is coming to us, a bit like the last discussion, saying this is going to speed things up but we should not ask by how long because he does not know as there is no analysis. Here we are again, saying this is going to be much better, with greater levels of cost protection, but just do not ask the Minister of State to explain why because he has no idea because it has not been decided. That is the fact of it, is it not?