Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)

When the Minister was asked in this House why he had not published the report earlier, he said it was because he wanted due process. Was there due process when these leaks were carried out? In most cases they were very selective. As regards the report's recommendations, I produced a Bill two weeks ago which was rejected by the Minister. I was accused of pre-empting this report. Does the Minister accept that the same independent regulatory process is being recommended in the Dalton report? I said it would be because it was included in one of those leaks.

I have previously raised the absence of female board members in Bord na gCon. Has the Minister ever appointed a woman to that board? There are certainly no women on the board now. This came out very strongly in the report.

Does Bord na gCon have a rule book and a list of prohibited substances?

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