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

However, even in its latest statements, attention is drawn, for example, to the need to improve Bord na gCon's procurement functions and so on. It seems the board is fighting on all fronts. Members of the board have stated that the extra money they got in last year's budget was not requested by them but was simply allocated to them. Does Mr. O'Driscoll envisage the same thing happening in the forthcoming budget and, if so, have arrangements been made for that?