Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

——then where have they been? This type of information, whether packaged or unpackaged, is available on request. Opposition Deputies frequently ask for briefings which departmental officials, using their own time, readily give to them. Should I start charging for that service? A sense of proportion has to be kept in all of this. If any Deputy has not received information from the Department when requested, I will be delighted to provide it for him or her.

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