Alex White (Labour)

We keep returning to the issues of accountability and the role of the Houses and the committees. These Houses are not providing any real forum for accountability, and that is the problem. Senator Fitzgerald is correct about the fury and outrage and that there must be an opportunity for the Minister to come to the House to answer questions. However, Ministers regularly come to this House. The Leader can agree to invite the Minister to the House next week or the week after, be it Deputy Mansergh or Deputy Brian Lenihan, if he has the time, but it will not make any difference because we do not get any answers.