Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)

What is the relationship or interconnection between the OECD review and the NESF report which was published last Sunday? Is one feeding into the other or are parallel reviews taking place? I would like to check the relationship of one with the other. Has the OECD been given any remit to examine decentralisation and how it affects the issue of public service quality? Does the OECD have a mandate to address the embargo on staff recruitment, given Mr. Paul Appleby's problems concerning corporate governance and the lack of staff available to him for that vital work? Does the OECD have a mandate to make recommendations in that regard? What will be done about the recommendations? Will we receive a report on how they are being implemented or will anything be done about them?

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