Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)

For clarity, is it possible for the Minister of State to give a commitment to the House this evening that only the information that is originally sought will be required? In other words, the normal information that one would expect to be sought for such an application. Members fully appreciate that, as Deputy O'Sullivan noted, reasonable questions must be asked and no one is making a case against that. While the information sought obviously must be specifically demonstrated and clearly illustrated to the person concerned, will the Minister of State give a commitment that no further information will be needed thereafter? In other words, a person would not need to spend an hour in a bureaucratic way drawing up a list of other items that would be required, even though this was not specified on the application form. Will the Minister of State give a commitment that this will not be the case?

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