Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Was any comment made on the fact that the Department previously broke into various headings? I am referring to the breakdown of ELS. The information seems to have disintegrated or lessened in recent years. This is a point we made last week. We sent the witnesses out with the message that in no circumstances could we, as members of a budgetary oversight committee, be satisfied with less information. There has been more information on headings under which existing levels of service are calculated, so it is hard to believe it is more opaque now.