Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The question of the services in the House will come up in due course. I do not have a list in front of me but I understand that is one of the bodies that will have to present a plan, although I will have to verify that. The Deputy is correct in that it is vital we give example. It is for that reason I very much welcome that the first list of bodies contains such bodies as the Office of the President, the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Finance. That gives a clear signal that the top layers of Government right up to the top of the Oireachtas — in other words, the Office of the President — are willing to play a full part and to lead by example. That is crucially important in making it clear that this is something being done from the top down and is not just for other organisations, that we will lead it.

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