(Cavan-Monaghan): I am not objecting to the Minister answering the question, but may I take it that this is a form of oral question which may now be put to the Minister, if he happens to be within the House, without prior notice? That is how the situation appears to me. The question that was put to the Minister for Agriculture by Deputy Ryan is a question separate and distinct from but of the same nature as this question, which is not a written question. I understood that, if a Deputy wished to have a reply to an oral question, he had to give special notice of the question and receive special permission from the Chair. I am anxious to know, in the interest of guidance for the future, whether that situation is being changed.