Joe O'Toole (Independent)

—yes, or two Departments. There is a clear line of responsibility and the names of the committees make it far easier for Members to understand which Minister will be dealing with each committee.

I now come to the down side. This may not be a popular opinion but for those of us who are responsible for ensuring a quorum at committees it is a bigger problem to get people to attend committee meetings than it is to get them appointed to committees. I am a person who had to do that job time and again. It is nobody's fault. People join committees with the best will in the world to attend the meetings. Attendance is very important. I can see that there may have been a good reason why the number for a quorum was reduced.