Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)

That is a positive step. I cannot do the work of committees for the committees but I will happily engage with them. It is also for the committees to ensure that their line Minister comes before them to discuss the issues. If there is a policy issue that is of concern to a committee, whether it is something in the pipeline or coming forward in a tangible, legislative process, it is not for the Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs to hold the hands of committee members and make them address it; it is for the committee.