Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sorry, Senator, I have not finished. I want to do this because I have a question in regard to the process. When I said to the Senator I did not agree with him on the first point, it was in the context that I have a question that is yet unresolved in my mind. It may well be that there cannot be a way to proceed other than what I have outlined. However, I want to go through the process of an historic examination of five or six of the different directives to see whether regulations were circulated and, if they were, the circumstances under which they were circulated, and to determine the understanding of privilege that did or did not attach to them. I have identified September as the date by which I want everything to be ready for me to be able to undertake that process. By doing so, I hope to gain a better understanding of the Department's positioning on this matter. If I can do that, I potentially can look at the third question in greater detail. While I disagree with the Senator on the second point, I am asking him to let me work a little further on the third point. I may come back with the same answer but, equally, I may not.