Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)

The Minister of State described the Cabinet-level committee as being high-powered. It is not high-powered in terms of its personnel. It is high-powered in terms of what it seeks to achieve and how effective it is. I do not doubt the Minister's sincerity but I am concerned about the length of time he seems to take to do pretty much anything.

The Minister of State made the point that the Minister is not involved in tokenism but if something is done but is not then developed and good results do not come from it, it is effectively token in that regard.

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