Dáil debates

Wednesday, 28 March 2007

Appointments to Public Bodies Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed)

 

8:00 pm

Photo of Dan BoyleDan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

Until we are prepared to grasp this as a problem, it will only be perpetuated. The first action must be to recognise 600 public and State bodies and 6,000 appointments need to be rationalised. The Green Party's proposed public appointments unit would have this as its first task. An appointments procedure must be open, transparent and encourage public confidence. The current system does not do this.

I accept the majority of State appointees are people who are civic-minded. Many of them, however, are also appointed on the basis of who they are and where they come from.

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