Victor Boyhan (Independent)
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We now know from this confirmation, yet again - which is one of about 50 letters I have in my office - that these guidelines are subject to legal review. We have been talking about this review for a long time, and ministerial approval. The Minister of course did move after I had put the pressure on and asked that they go to a period of public consultation. The Minister has now added the period of public consultation. Hang on, however, because the Government is coming to the end of its tether. It is finished and out of here in a few days time. This has been on the Minister's desk and has been on Mr. Hogan's and the Department's desk. Can Mr. Hogan tell me here in this committee today what he knows of these current ministerial guidelines that are sitting on the Minister's desk waiting for approval, given Mr. Hogan's very significant and important role and, no doubt a greater role in the future within the Department?