Paschal Mooney (Fianna Fail)

—were jointly administered until this new dispensation. There were a number of other orders also on which there was joint administration since 1922, of which one of the more obscure of was the Office of Ulster Arms, which operated out of Dublin Castle, a rather interesting departure in the context of two sovereign Governments, yet it was a throwback to the 16th and 17th centuries. For the information of the House, a book on the subject was published last week which might be of interest to Members because we debated this issue under the Cultural Institutions Act in 1996 or 1997. While there have been several precedents, therefore, perhaps the Minister of State will elaborate a little on the matter.