Tom Clonan (Independent)
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With respect, Chair, I think it is a binary concept. You either did or did not. The Minister appears to be either unwilling or unable to answer that question. We will mark that for the public record.

In his answer about the complexities and drafting process, the Minister again talked about the process and that he had asked for the maternity aspects to be prioritised first and then the NDA issues on which he gave a specific instruction. He is talking about the sequence in which things were drafted but I am still none the wiser as to what the complexities were. Is it a lack of staff? Is there a conceptual framework that is so difficult to achieve in the drafting process that it is taking longer than what is normally expected in the planning phase?