The Minister gave us a list yesterday of solicitors concerned in criminal legal aid which showed average earnings of £1,662. We asked the Minister at the time if he would give us some of the principal features——

If the Deputy intends to go back on a question which he tried to ask yesterday that is very unusual, to say the least of it.

I will not go back on it. I just want to say, by way of comment, that the Minister is giving us a tabular statement again today and——

It would be getting into the realm of absurdity if we were to start today's work by a rehash of what we did yesterday and we would never get any place.

It is a question of what we did not do yesterday.

That is worse. I will not allow it. Nobody has ever tried this one before.

The Minister said he is giving us a tabular statement. I am asking that when he is providing a tabular statement in future——

He did not.

He did.

(Limerick East): I answered the question and there is a tabular statement attached indicating the number of solicitors and where they are employed and there is also one indicating the waiting period.

In relation to tabular statements would the Minister in future have a brief available on the principles in the tabular statement which relate to the question asked. Obviously in the question yesterday——

We will not have a post mortem on yesterday's question now. This is setting up an intolerable precedent. Question No. 4.