Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I am reminding the Secretary General that there is an additional responsibility on her in this area. I believe some of the issues, particularly around recruitment, have arisen in recent years - not during Ms McCrum's tenure - because, at a senior level in the Department, the case was not made earlier. The same point can be made in respect of pay issues. Simple changes were made by this Government over the last three years. I think the failure of previous governments to take such action and thereby avert some of the recruitment issues was a missed opportunity.