And I notice that six-year question has still not been answered. It's perfectly legitimate to ask why the existing rulebase cannot be challenged or amended more readily. Power does need to be kept in balance. The fact that there's no way to change things except within this time frame doesn't mean that the issue should not be addressed.

But it's been blanked. That's the oldest politician's trick in the book, just don't answer until it goes away. (If Breandán doesn't know, somebody does.) And then we become the bad guys for asking. But it's a fair question about an unfair situation and silence is not an answer. It's a dodge.