Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)
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Okay. That is a fair point. On the contribution made, there were three directives which your note informs us were laid before the Houses by the Oireachtas in line with procedure. That is not the new procedure. The new procedure is that the draft statutory instruments should have been sent to this committee and then sent on to the sectoral committees. Then it is up to them what to do with them, whether they engage with the relevant Department or not. Then they are laid when they are signed by the relevant Minister. They were done during the time. I know we are in the early stages of this but it is not true to say it is in line with procedure that Ministers are signing statutory instruments without them being referred to this committee. Did we get a copy of those draft statutory instruments?