Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

Perhaps I can make it clear. Parliamentary questions are referred to the HSE rather than the Minister for Health and Children. If a parliamentary question is for the HSE, as we are all aware, sometimes it goes away to never, never land.

Will the DTA be directly accountable through the Minister? If we ask him a parliamentary question about a new railway station proposed by the DTA, for instance, who will answer it? Will it be the DTA or will it be the DTA through the Minister? In the case of the HSE, it responds separately to parliamentary questions.

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