Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

I have made the point that the tribunal has that power already. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide it. To say the tribunal may make decisions available to the public is to state the obvious. Unless this is an appeal for publication to be done normally or as of course, the amendment proposes something which the tribunal can already do. The chairman of the tribunal could gather together important points of law or important precedents that he or she thought were necessary to publish. There is nothing to stop this happening.