Mark Daly (Fianna Fail)

Before we suspend, I thank Senator Noonan for chairing. In all my time in Seanad Éireann, I have never come across a case where a Commencement matter did not arrive. This is the first time in nearly two decades that this has happened. Whenever Senator Ní Chuilinn wants it next week, we expect that it will be the first item on the agenda and that the Minister will arrive with the answer to it. We will write to the Department and we will outline that the Seanad expects that, when the four Commencement matters are sent over, the Departments reply back to the Seanad. The fact that the reply never showed up at all I have never seen happen in two decades. I would say this is the first time anyone in the Seanad has ever heard of a response not arriving. I find it extraordinary that a Department did not follow the process and procedure. We will have that answer for the Senator from the Minister next week.