John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Secretary General stated earlier the Department does not get involved with the semi-State bodies in terms of their micromanagement. While I accept this is the practice, out of this, as well as in respect of other Departments that are responsible for some semi-State bodies, is there not an argument that there should be far more scrutiny in a general way of the taxpayers' money that goes into these organisations?