Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Moran and his team. I thank him for giving me access to some of his officials recently in respect of budget preparations. I do not have the resources of the Opposition parties so his officials have been incredibly helpful.

All of this makes a great deal of sense. I wish to focus on corporate governance and changing the culture. Several Deputies and Senators talked about the dangers of group-think. I would like to hear Mr. Moran's thoughts on something that is absent from the strategy in terms of stakeholder engagement, which is Oireachtas engagement. He is probably uncomfortably familiar with the fact that the way we tend to engage with Departments is through parliamentary questions. I am new to politics and it is an extraordinarily inefficient way of trying to get things done. I expect Mr. Moran's officials find it quite frustrating. It can also be frustrating on this side. Has Mr. Moran given any thought to how the Department and the Oireachtas - both sides are involved here - can begin to work more constructively together?