Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)

In fairness to Deputy Deenihan, his pronouncements, while in favour of increased public expenditure, have been a model of consistency when compared with those of his Front Bench colleagues. Last April, Deputies Varadkar and Kenny launched a document committing Fine Gael to reduce massively the number of State agencies. Unfortunately, news of this important initiative seems not to have reached Deputy Shatter who almost immediately introduced a Victims' Right Bill which provides, among other things, for the establishment of yet another statutory agency.

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