Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

It strikes me there are more people on the sub-committee than in the Cabinet. In view of recent experiences in this area, is there an argument for reorganisation of Departments so a single Department focusses on needs of children in all respects as responsibilities for these needs is currently scattered across several Departments? The experience of successive Ministers of State is that they have been fighting an uphill struggle to focus on the needs of children.

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