Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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I urge the Department when Ms Brennan is looking at this review that it could inform her thinking to look at State agencies and the dynamics. If you only have a small staff and you have requests, you consistently get this answer from your parent Department. We know it is not just about staff. In lots of different ways, you are lost in the melee. I am a member of the Association of Chief Executives of State Agencies. There is frustration and difficulty across State agencies that there is no consistency and that one is expected to operate in a system designed for much bigger bodies.

That is a really important element the Department might consider within the governance analysis of this.