David Norris (Independent)

I accept that but if the Acting Chairman checks the Official Report he will see that every time I spoke I introduced some new material.

The Minister of State is plainly embarrassed by this. It is obvious from his uneasiness in giving his last few answers. It is obvious to me the Minister did not make this decision. It was made elsewhere or by other people. The Minister is attempting, by reading out a formula from a script, to give some justification for this but there is no justification. I wonder where this instruction came from because it is shameful that this should happen. The Minister has indicated that this formulation is all new and therefore there is no reason he cannot give us an explanation. Was it the Department of Finance or the Revenue Commissioners that gave the instruction?