Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform
Construction Contracts Bill 2010: Committee Stage (Resumed)
2:20 pm
Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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Why is it preferable that the Minister make the appointment, rather than him identifying the appropriate appointing bodies to establish these panels? The Minister of State is right in that the professional bodies are concerned about being shut out of the process but more to the point, these are the expert groups.