asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce whether he will furnish a list containing the names and addresses of the persons who constitute the various Courts of Referees established under the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Acts.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Courts of Referees.
If the Deputy will communicate with me, indicating what useful purposes would, in his opinion, be served by the furnishing of such a list, I will consider the matter.
Let me inform the Minister that the reason I want the information asked for is because I would like to know the methods adopted by the Department in nominating the workers' representatives upon the Court of Referees.
What purpose will be served by giving the names and addresses?
What purpose has the Minister in withholding them?
I am not withholding them. I will give them privately to the Deputy if he wishes, but I am not going to give them publicly here until I know the purpose that will be served by doing so. If the Deputy wants to know the professional capacity of the Chairman of the Court of Referees, I will give it to him.
Is the Minister prepared if I go to his office to give a list of the names?
Certainly.