Shane Ross (Independent)

Of course, the reply did not answer the question and the Minister of State should be ashamed of himself for reading that script given to him by the Department of Transport. The issue here is not whether it is compliant. As he stated, CIE complied with all requests about procurement. The issue here is whether non-executive directors - take CIE out of the equation - should appear before and be answerable to Oireachtas committees. Is the Minister of State telling me he and the Government approves of them saying they will not appear and be answerable and transparent in these or any situations?