Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It is useful to get information. I acknowledge that the ETBs do very good work and that amalgamations are not easy. That said, we do not learn lessons. The committee's work is, in part, reviewing processes and process failures. These are not going to be the last amalgamations. It appears that in such processes, consideration is given to only a small number of issues rather than the broad sweep of issues arising. The Chairman mentioned the Tax Appeals Commission. We heard from officials of the commission that its computers were bursting into flames. How do we ensure that in an amalgamations process, consideration is given to a broader range of issues by a range of Departments such that we do learn some lessons?