Brendan Ryan (Labour)

Some Minister will have to attend the House to give a reason for this, other than saying that it is in every other piece if legislation. If there is a constitutional, institutional or "good practice" reason why this should be the case, let us hear it and sort it out with a single Bill. We have a significant body that deals with insurance and people who seek to avoid using the courts to apply for damages. A Member of the Oireachtas is vice-chair of that body, so somebody made an exception in that case, although it is not being made for any other body. I would like to know why a Member of the Oireachtas is on the board of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. Why is that body different from every other one? It is not really different, except that the Government took another view. I do not want to hold up the work of the House with this matter, but it is not right.