I’m sure I don’t need to remind the

Minister that we only have basically a week of committee meetings left and the Assembly, of course, is done on October 8th from a sitting point of

view and Members are still active, in theory of cou

rse, until I think it’s the stroke of midnight on

Sunday the 25th .

But decisions are being made behind the scenes and I think the issue really comes down to what assurances can the Minister provide the House publicly that no decision, if there is a situation where there may be a need for extra money, that no decision will be made in absence of the Members having an opportunity to discuss the merits of this initiative and certainly debate them and, if need be, support them if necessary.

What assurances is the Minister going to provide this House that true accountability can happen?