Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)

Neither am I shifting responsibility to the RSA. The RSA has had responsibility for this since it was set up.

On the question about facts and figures which Deputy Broughan requested, I do not make decisions about parliamentary questions, nor do I make the rules up in this regard. If Deputy Broughan wants those facts and figures, I found, even before I came into this job, that the RSA is more than obliging in providing as much information as possible to Members of this House and that is the route to go.

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