James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

To give examples, and perhaps Mr. Munnelly is not aware of this, the situation is different for the HSE and the National Transport Authority, NTA. If you pose a parliamentary question to the line Minister of those organisations, they are obligated to respond in ten days. That is a useful way for TDs to get simple answers. When I was a councillor on Dublin City Council, we had a system whereby you questioned the manager. None of those replies would go to yourselves. They were all directed to some customer service line. As a matter of policy, would the witnesses have any objection to being subjected-----