Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

The process by which these appointments are made must become more transparent. I welcome anything that brings that about. It is very regrettable that those who were appointed by the previous Government in its last days in office cannot be removed. I welcome the fact that proposed appointees will have to appear before committees but that cannot be just a rubber-stamp process. What happened previously was political patronage, plain and simple. In regard to the committee dealing with the appointment of the chair of Bord na gCon, and it is arguable that the dogs in the street are talking about that one, is that a nomination-----

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