May I ask the Minister one question? It will probably surprise him; I do not mean to upset him. Would he tell me, if he can, why an absolutely identical question to this one and the foregoing one which I put down to his colleague, the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy, was transferred to himself? That must have happened through his acquiescence. I removed these two questions as I did not want to have duplicate questions to the same Minister——

That does not arise and I implore the Deputy to cease making statements. We have a good deal of questions to answer.

I do not come here to fight with you, Sir. I want to try to discover——

I am not suggesting that. I am asking the Deputy to please obey the Chair.

I am doing that but I am trying to discover from the Minister—and I do not want to upset him and I know he may not have expected this question—why questions addressed to a Minister who has the word "energy" in his title——

I am not in the least upset but I am not as familiar with the procedures of the House as the Deputy. In the circumstances I am going to obey the ruling of the Chair. If the Deputy thinks I am covering up in any way, let him please take it up with the Whips or with the Ceann Comhairle's Office.

Question No. 22.

I want to discover why these questions were transferred——