Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

It is certainly very important that this House debates such an important report which follows on from many reports in the past, such as the Devlin report, the strategic management initiative and Delivering Better Government. As part of that continuum of assessment of how we can improve public services, the delivery of services and the ability to provide for training, improvement and development for people who work in the public service, it is an obvious candidate for a debate in this House in due course, subject to the agreement of the House.

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