Derek McDowell (Labour)

I do not want to detain the House on this issue. I made it clear in my first contribution that I am not particularly hung up on Iris Oifigiúil and I agree very few people read it. However, it is important the information be available both for ease of access and, as Senator Maurice Hayes put it, to avoid the arbitrary designation, re-designation or un-designation of individual people. There should be some obligation on the part of a Department to make known who is dealing with applications in a particular section above and beyond the publication in the manual, which unless I am mistaken is a once off. I am not bothered about whether that is done on the website, by laying it before the Dáil or by whatever means of publication is most useful. There should be a means by which the Department or public body has an obligation to say who is dealing with it. I will introduce an amendment on this on Report Stage.