Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I seek an opportunity for Members to have further detailed discussions on the recommendations of this committee when it reports to the Government. However, at this point I believe some form of apology should be offered by the Government on the basis of the evidence the Minister has stated now is available in the Department of Justice and Equality. I hope he has found the aforementioned files in that Department and that they confirm what he stated on the record of the Dáil in December 2009. I ask the Leader if he could arrange that in the future the line Minister would attend for Adjournment debates. I appreciate that Ministers have commitments, but since I came back to the 24th Seanad, not once has a line Minister being present to reply to an Adjournment matter of mine. I am referring to the matters I have tabled. Last night Senator John Kelly and I had tabled an Adjournment matter about the future of 24/7 accident and emergency services at Roscommon County Hospital, but the Minister refused to come to the House to answer it.