Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

The Minister is deliberately misinterpreting what I said but he is doing so for effect. If the question is put to the authority, the authority should give a straight answer to the Member, rather give a one-line answer two months later. The experience to date with many of the quangos established by the Government and the previous Government is that Members of the Oireachtas receive little or no information from these quangos when they are established. The point is best practice and proper accountable answers from the authority rather than the Minister's convoluted interpretation.