Gerry Horkan (Fianna Fail)
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Mr. Crowley talked about improvement and being protective. One of the points he made is that we could end up with people trying to avoid decisions. Members of these Houses, and certainly members of the Cabinet, might sometimes be accused of avoiding all decisions on the basis that if they make a decision they will get something wrong. To a certain extent, Mr. Crowley is saying that with decision-making comes accountability. People may avoid making decisions so that they avoid having to be accountable for any decisions because they have not made any. We may see that behaviour here from some of our own Opposition Members or Government colleagues in Cabinet who avoid making some decisions.