Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

Correct. My question will take about ten seconds. Will the Minister of State give me a straight answer to a straight question? In the background text to the report written by the Information Commissioner and to which Senators have referred, it is stated that appendix 2 was given to the Department, which the Minister of State represents, on 5 February after he became aware that the Bill to amend the Act was due to be published in the current Dáil session. Why did the Department not make the appendix known to Members of the House, particularly in light of the obligations arising from the constitutional provision that the Houses of the Oireachtas are vested with the sole and exclusive power of making laws for the State? Why did the Department not make the appendix available to Senators before this debate?